Lamar Smith: “First of all, let me thank the chairman of the Transportation Committee, the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Shuster)…”

“First of all, let me thank the chairman of the Transportation Committee, the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Shuster), for yielding. Mr. Chairman, Science Committee investigations revealed that the EPA prepared State maps that show the widespread impact of their proposed regulations. As you can see by the colored areas on this map, the EPA plans to regulate nearly every square inch on the map. More detailed maps of every State can be found on our Science Committee's Web site, science.house.gov. The EPA's rewriting of the law is an unprecedented expansion of Federal control over Americans' private property, and these maps make that clear. The Waters of the United States Regulatory Overreach Protection Acts stops the EPA and protects Americans from the President's drive to regulate private property. {time} 1445 I thank the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Southerland) for taking the initiative on this bill, and I thank the chairman again for yielding me time. I urge my colleagues to support this legislation. The CHAIR. The gentleman from West Virginia has 6\1/2\ minutes remaining, and the gentleman from Pennsylvania has 16 minutes remaining.”