WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.) spoke on the U.S. Senate floor today about the Environmental Protection (EPA) Agency’s proposed Clean Water Act (CWA) rule, which represents a massive land grab by the Obama Administration.

Blunt’s remarks come as EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy’s visits Missouri this week to reportedly build a broader campaign to reassure the agriculture community about the rule and “set the record straight. According to the Springfield News-Leader, McCarthy called some assertions about the rule “silly” and “ludicrous” during a conference call with reporters yesterday.

Last month, Blunt joined U.S. Senator John Barrasso (Wyo.) and 28 colleagues to introduce the “Protecting Water and Property Rights Act of 2014,” legislation to stop the EPA from taking over all private and state water in the United States.

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