Source: John Siciliano, WASHINGTON EXAMINER, 9/27/17


Republican senators chimed in Wednesday on the Environmental Protection Agency's proposal to formally withdraw the Obama administration's Waters of the U.S. rule that expanded its federal clean water jurisdiction to include everything from drainage ditches to rivers. The GOP letter was sent to EPA chief Scott Pruitt on the last day to submit public comment on the Trump administration's proposal to scale back the rule, which President Trump ordered under one of his first executive orders as commander in chief.

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