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Bruce Westerman: The rollback of the 2015 rule ends 'years of uncertainty over where federal jurisdiction begins and ends.'

On the recordSeptember 17, 2019
The rollback of the 2015 rule ends 'years of uncertainty over where federal jurisdiction begins and ends.'
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Bruce Westerman
Republican · Arkansas

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Westerman supports the new WOTUS rule clarifying federal and state wetland jurisdiction.

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