Pete Ricketts Schools EPA Administrator On 'The Definition Of Navigable,' Blasts New WOTUS Rule

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing to consider the FY2024 budget for the Environmental Protection agency, and Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) questioned EPA Administrator, Sec. Michael Regan.

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[sandraward]

Everything ends up at "the last administration ". I'm tired of it

[mexicanprivilege]

This is what happens when you hire for diversity instead of qualifications. This sets black people back decades

[michaelsutton]

It is a real shame that these so-called educated individuals have such a poor grasp of the English language and can't understand the meaning of simple words without having to consult with their word-salad colleagues to manufacture new and more convenient meanings

[stueyg]

He just admitted they are trying to get the program back to where it was before Trump which is Obama 3.0.

[dezznutz]

Its time for Republicans to start defunding these federal bureaucracies. The EPA needs to be defunded and dismantled completely, along with DHS, ATF, DOE, etc.

[barbarahuck]

He wants to give the Federal Government authority over mud puddles.

[ryateo]

every time they bring up the last Administration, it really reminds me of how much better everything was.

[jimp]

Navigable Water! How is this so hard to understand? Stick tothe actual law, stop Admin'ing new changes!

[stephenclements]

"We will adjust to that NEW definition." Hmm... changing definitions? Now where have we seen that before?

[LJA]

I guess he forgot about something that happened in 2020 that delayed a lot of things, Covid-19, yet he points blame at the Trump administration.

[dcpack]

How does members of a sector of population that makes up only 20% or less of the population become heads of the majority of federal government administrations? And not very knowledgeable ones at that?

[cherryeddy]

What a bunches of BS he's feeding us.

[racistinfidel]

These people always want to change the written law to read what THEY want, not want the law requires.

[lorainefrancesv]

Why are we pretending the EPA actually does anything?

[lauralovescoffee]

Previous Administration 2020 21 and 22 isn't under THIS Administration??🤔

[lauralovescoffee]

Please don't give them any more ideas to "redefine change or remove" definitions of the English language 😅😂

[conniewaycaster]

They can rule every little puddle on every property. Taken more and more.

[warlord]

He's a liar about the RFS Rule. Summary: On December 7, 2021, EPA proposed to deny more than 60 pending small refinery exemption (SRE) petitions from small refineries seeking exemption from the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program for one or more compliance years between 2016 and 2021. The proposed decision results from EPA’s review of the pending SRE petitions and supporting information, its legal, technical, and policy analysis of the CAA provisions relating to small refineries, and its application of the holdings of the U.S Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in Renewable Fuels Association et al. v. EPA (RFA).

[alfredrichkak]

EPA is about all but protecting environment

[inwoodboy]

smooth talking bureaucrat who is to smooth with word salad.