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| https://www.enzi.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases?ContentRecord_id=8ad84101-86d1-4dcb-b554-4c3d7dbc7aee | Enzi: States dont need the EPA to regulate every drop of water | 2015-11-04 | 2015 | 2015-11 | Republican | House | WY | Michael Enzi | E000285 | www.enzi.senate.gov | legacy | States already know best how to manage their water and they dont need the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to over-regulate one of Wyomings most precious resources said U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., speaking on the Senate floor today. Enzis comments came shortly after the Senate voted (53-44) to disapprove of the EPAs waters of the United States rule, crafted to allow the agency to regulate every pond, puddle and ditch in the United States. The overregulation by the EPA and this administration have to be stopped, Enzi said. Today we had an opportunity to do just that. By passing this resolution of disapproval, we sent a message to the president, his Administration and all its bureaucrats. A cosponsor of the resolution of disapproval, Enzi said the EPA water rule is a prime example of a federal agency coming up with regulations that are a menacing threat to this countrys economic security and success. What America needs now is a smaller, less burdensome regulatory framework that will permit our nations economy to thrive, Enzi said. The state of Wyoming has joined 30 other states in suing the EPA and Corps of Engineers to block the waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule and earlier this year a U.S. District Court judge ruled that the rule asserts jurisdiction over waters that are remote and intermittent waters.No evidence actually points to how these intermittent and remote wetlands have any nexus to navigable-in-fact water. I couldnt have said it better, Enzi said. What the EPA is doing is more about control than protection. For the sake of farmers, ranchers, manufacturers and small businesses it is time to stop this outrageous regulation. A simple majority of the Senate can pass a resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act (CRA). The resolution would ensure a federal agencys new rule would have no force or effect, and prevents the same or similar rule from being reissued. The House also needs to pass the resolution and the president needs to sign it for it to take effect. Yesterday the Senate minority blocked the Senate from being able to debate U.S. Senator John Barrassos bill, which would have sent the WOTUS rule back to the EPA to be rewritten. | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |