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Sam Graves: “EPA and Corps are proposing to expand the jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act to include nearly every damp patch of land…”

On the recordJune 18, 2014
EPA and Corps are proposing to expand the jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act to include nearly every damp patch of land in the United States.
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Sam Graves
Republican · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Graves criticizes the proposed rule as regulatory overreach affecting small businesses and landowners.

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