Posted on 01/31/2017 4:39:39 PM PST by Olog-hai
A House Republican is working on legislation that if passed would completely abolish the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Freshman Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) outlined his plan in a letter to colleagues obtain by The Hill and first reported by The Huffington Post.
“Today, the American people are drowning in rules and regulations promulgated by unelected bureaucrats; and the Environmental Protection Agency has become an extraordinary offender,” Gaetz wrote in the letter soliciting support from lawmakers.
“Our small businesses cannot afford to cover the costs associated with compliance, too often leading to closed doors and unemployed Americans,” he continued. “It is time to take back our legislative power from the EPA and abolish it permanently.” …
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Of course, the EPA is so out of control and over the top that it needs to be gutted. But if it’s shut down, we will need to have some sort of agency or authority to handle interstate environmental issues, and also to protect interstate and coastal waters.
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How were these issues regulated before the creation of the EPA?
Let the states do all the EPA stuff. Smaller federal government is a good thing. The beauty of states having this responsibility (and power) is its residents can say they’ve had it with that state and move to one more in line with their way of thinking so the control freaks can all move to states like CA, NY, and WA and conservatives can go to the states who govern in a common sense way.
me too.
All that without a flame retardant suit?
Anyone with industrial experience will realize the convenient potential for hazardous dumping. I’d have no problem rebooting the EPA with only rudimentary responsibilities.
We have gotten to the point where a very small regulatory/enforcement office is necessary. I guess we have evolved/been indoctrinated enough that some things just ain’t gonna happen and if they do, the perps can be made examples of. EPA no longer any more relevant than unions.
EPA need to be refunded along with education and transportation. A freshman congressmen who is proposing legislation - was it ever done. This freshmen congressmen is helping to drain the swamp...
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