Joni Ernst actually said...

"Expanding EPA's regulatory authority under the Clean Water Act to include these and similar areas will have many negative consequences for my farm business."

"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."

"I wish we would have had the Corps members and the EPA representatives here."

"The proposed rule has only expanded confusion and uncertainty as to how far the jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act reaches."