{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/arkansas-delegation-asks-epa-to-keep-navigable-waters-protection-rule", "Arkansas Delegation Asks EPA to Keep Navigable Waters Protection Rule", "2021-06-24", "2021", "2021-06", "Republican", "Senate", "AR", "Tom Cotton", "C001095", "www.cotton.senate.gov", "cotton", "https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: James Arnold or Mary Collins Atkinson (202) 224-2353\n\nJune 24, 2021\n\nArkansas Delegation Asks EPA to Keep Navigable Waters Protection Rule\n\nWashington, D.C. \u2014 Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and John Boozman (R-Arkansas), with Representatives Rick Crawford (R-Arkansas), French Hill (R-Arkansas), Steve Womack (R-Arkansas), and Bruce Westerman (R-Arkansas) sent a letter condemning the decision by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) to repeal and replace the Navigable Waters Protection Rule (NWPR).\n\nIn part, the members wrote, \u201cThe NWPR preserves our waterways while giving producers and landowners the clarity they need to farm and build without burdensome regulations and government overreach.\u201d\n\n\u201cArkansans are good stewards of the land and should make their own decisions about their own property\u2014as they have for generations\u2014without the EPA looking over their shoulders,\u201d the members continued.\n\nText of the letter may be found here or below.\n\nDear Administrator Regan and Acting Assistant Secretary Pinkham:\n\nOn June 9, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) announced plans to repeal and replace the Trump administration\u2019s Navigable Waters Protection Rule (NWPR). The members of the Arkansas congressional delegation adamantly oppose this decision, which will harm businesses, foresters, and farmers across the State of Arkansas. The NWPR preserves our waterways while giving producers and landowners the clarity they need to farm and build without burdensome regulations and government overreach. It is our position that states and localities should regulate waters within their borders\u2014not the federal government.\n\nThe Trump administration championed cooperative federalism with regard to the environment, and the current administration should continue this practice going forward. The Obama administration\u2019s Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule was a vast and vague expansion of federal regulation that placed significant hardships on Arkansans and took authority away from states and localities. Arkansans are good stewards of the land and should make their own decisions about their own property\u2014as they have for generations\u2014without the EPA looking over their shoulders.\n\nInstead of returning to the mistaken policies of the past, we respectfully ask that the EPA and the Corps reconsider their proposal to repeal and replace the current rule, which will have a dire impact on our state.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:57:00Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/arkansas-delegation-asks-epa-to-keep-navigable-waters-protection-rule"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.493565971031785, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}