Eric Crawford: “I want to thank my colleague from Nebraska for joining me in sponsoring this amendment. Earlier this year, as most of us…”

“I want to thank my colleague from Nebraska for joining me in sponsoring this amendment. Earlier this year, as most of us already know, the EPA violated the privacy rights of producers across the country by releasing the personal information of livestock and poultry producers to various environmental activist groups. This information included names, addresses, phone numbers, GPS coordinates of over 80,000 producers over 30 States, including my home State of Arkansas. It was obtained by the EPA through State environmental quality agencies and released to the environmental groups through FOIA requests. We all know this story, and I'll be brief, and I will yield such time as my friend from Nebraska (Mr. Terry) will consume.”