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On the recordMay 18, 2015
If this agency can regulate every body of water on my farm, including those that are dry most of the time, then there are effectively no limits to the agency's regulatory reach.
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Joni Ernst
Republican · Iowa

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Joni Ernst warns about the extensive regulatory reach of the EPA.

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