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AFBF pleased with WOTUS vote

A spokesman for the American Farm Bureau Federation says last week’s vote in the U.S. House to stop the EPA’s proposed Waters of the U.S. rules sent a message to the Obama Administration that the EPA is committing regulatory overreach.

Farm Bureau’s Don Parrish says the bipartisan vote signified Republicans and Democrats alike are concerned by the EPA’s actions, and they listened to America’s farmers.

“I’m very gratified by the grassroots activity farmers and ranchers everywhere that worked to ditch this rule,” Parrish says.  “This strong vote in the House gives us a lot of momentum. It gives us momentum to turn the heat up in the Senate.”

Parrish calls on Farm Bureau members and others to make their voices heard in the upcoming November elections regarding the bill to block the EPA’s proposal.

“It’s going to be important to bring it up in local elections, in state elections and obviously in federal elections,” he says. “There’s a number of critical Senate races out there. It’s the kind of issue that really should allow a voting constituent to understand where their candidates lie on this issue and it’s going to be huge.”

President Obama has threatened to veto the bill if it makes it to his desk.