{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://cramer.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/cramer-joins-colleagues-in-signing-wotus-funding-letter-to-house", "Cramer Joins Colleagues in Signing WOTUS Funding Letter to House Leadership", "2016-11-17", "2016", "2016-11", "Republican", "House", "ND", "Kevin Cramer", "C001096", "cramer.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C.\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Congressman Kevin Cramer joined 65 colleagues in sending a letter to House leadership\u00a0urging a prohibition of funds for the Waters of the United States (WOTUS)\u00a0rule.\u00a0\nThe letter was sent to Speaker Paul Ryan, Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, and Appropriations Committee Chairman Harold Rogers and Ranking Member Nita Lowey.\u00a0 Earlier in the year the House included language in the Fiscal Year 2017 Energy and Water and Interior and Environment Appropriations bills to ensure the rule does not go forward. This letter requests there be a limitation of funds provision in final appropriations bills considered for the fiscal year.\n\u201cWe urge you to recognize the substantial cost, confusion, and regulatory burden this rule will have on the economy if this controversial rule is funded for Fiscal Year 2017,\u201d wrote the signers of the letter.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\nWOTUS defines which rivers, streams, lakes and marshes fall under the jurisdiction of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) and not the jurisdiction of states.\nCalling it an unconstitutional power grab, Cramer has been an outspoken opponent of the proposed WOTUS, supporting all efforts in Congress and the courts to halt the rule.\n\u201cThis is the Obama Administration\u2019s brazen attempt to have jurisdiction over every puddle on every farm in every state,\u201d said Cramer. \u201cIt is overregulation at its worst, placing an undue burden on every producer and landowner in North Dakota.\u201d\nCramer said the federal government should be supporting the nation\u2019s farmers, including those in North Dakota.\u00a0 \u201cOur farmers and ranchers feed the world and care deeply about their land. They do not need heavy-handed regulations to keep them from being competitive or profitable.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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": ["http://cramer.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/cramer-joins-colleagues-in-signing-wotus-funding-letter-to-house"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.993827823549509, "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"}