Under this new wocus rule, about 90, or, excuse me, 85% of the waterways in my congressional district will be subject to EPA oversight. In some places in my district [the Wocus rule] would actually harm the environment. I'm going to tell you exactly why. Several of my farmers are pioneers in environmental stewardship. What they started to do is they were collecting the runoff from agriculture and in these ponds that they dug. (00:43–00:46)
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Asserts that the Wocus rule would harm the environment in some areas of his district.
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