Political Quotes

“We need to protect wetlands, and we need to protect the clean water supply we enjoy here in America. The Supreme Court has been dealing with this for years, and if we don't get it right here and keep the agencies honest, we are going to have real food shortages on our hands. I am a farmer who was prosecuted under the Clean Water Act for growing wheat in a wheat field where I had planted wheat many times before. This right here--I want to make sure the whole Chamber can see it-- look hard. This little light spot in the field is a jurisdictional wetland under some definitions of the Clean Water Act. That is not a navigable water. There are no frogs, no fish, no storks, no egrets, and no water. Under the Biden rule, the surrounding grasslands--all the surrounding grasslands there, not the electrical tower in the back, that has other regulatory problems--those are jurisdictional wetlands under the Biden rule. They prosecuted me as a farmer for farming wheat in a wheat field which had been farmed many, many times before, and they threatened to fine me $28 to $40 million for tilling through 22 acres of wetlands such as this across a 450-acre wheat field. This is what we are talking about. We don't have to talk about burning rivers or poisonous water. This is the land grab, this is the authority, and this is the threat to the American food system that we are talking about.…”