A series of new bills introduced this week in the Senate seek to limit the Environmental Protection Agency’s regulatory reach and would subject the agency to penalties for missing reporting deadlines.
Offered by Sen. Mike Johanns (R-Neb.), the legislation reflects the latest in a series of Republican attempts to rein in an EPA that GOP lawmakers say has run amok and must be held accountable.
Johanns took to the Senate floor Wednesday, saying the people of his home state are fed up with the EPA’s actions during the Obama administration.
“And their message is very loud, clear, and unmistakable,” he said. “EPA is overreaching, overbearing, and overstepping boundaries that have long existed.”
Read more at The Hill. By Ben Goad.
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The GOP is correct on this issue. The EPA HAS RUN AMOK. Actually, the EPA should be removed.
Don't just rein it in, eliminate it, along with epa & any other dept that thinks it is above the law. While you're at it, get rid of the illegal pos potus.
What has taken them so long to realize it has run amok? It is not like this just started since BHO was sworn in January.
JUST BE GLAD THEY'RE DOING SOME THING ABOUT IT. THAT IS IF McCAIN AND SOME OTHER COMMYS DON'T PUT A STOP TO WHAT HE IS TRYING TO DO.
Do not give them anymore money they are liers and scumm they need to be stoped now