WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Sam Graves (MO-06), House Small Business Committee Chairman, released the following statement after voting to protect the American people from an overreaching EPA water rule.

“The mission of the EPA is to protect human health and the environment. With overreaching and unnecessary rules like the Waters of the U.S., the EPA has clearly ventured well beyond this mission. Its recent rulemakings are an unprecedented power grab that are infringing on the rights of both the individual and small businesses,” said Rep. Graves. “Rules, such as the Waters of the U.S. and countless others, have real and direct consequences. The American public deserves to have a complete picture of the costs and benefits of these rules.”

“I am glad that the House has taken action to stop this harmful rule, but we must have the same check and balance on all rules being forced upon the people of Missouri’s 6th District. That is why we must pass my bill, the Stop the EPA Act, without delay.”