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Mike Bost: “But this is the problem that the American people feel. When the overreach comes so far that you leave the navigable…”

On the recordJuly 12, 2023
But this is the problem that the American people feel. When the overreach comes so far that you leave the navigable waters that you should be governing and controlling--and we all want clean water--to worrying about what water runs off the brim of my hat is when you have gone too far.
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Mike Bost
Republican · Illinois

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Bost criticizes government overreach in regulating water, emphasizing farmers' concerns.

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