When they wanted to have the changes in the wotus, the waters of the United States, they would have made essentially intermittent streams and puddles that form in parking lots, navigable waterways. And What that would do to us is it would make our farmers get rid of what are called retention ponds that collect runoff from agricultural waste. And it would. They would have to get rid of these retention ponds, meaning that the water that runs off these fields would wind up in the Mississippi river basin. (00:29–00:39)
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