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"Educate and inform the whole mass of the people…
They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of
our liberty."
-Thomas Jefferson
How the Clean Water Restoration Act affects you:
- The Clean Water Act threatens business, agriculture, small communities, grazing, forestry, mining and many other uses on private and public land.
- The goal of the Clean Water Restoration Act is to give Corps and EPA control over your water and all watersheds. (Watershed Definition) “A Watershed is considered anything draining downhill.”
- It will give the Corps and the EPA jurisdiction over nearly ALL private and federal land.
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Help us stop this invasive legislation 
Video: Biggest Bureaucratic Power Grab
in a Generation
U.S. Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee warned that passage of legislation scheduled to be considered before the EPW Committee would have huge implications on rural America...
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Why would I be opposed to ‘Restoring Clean Water’?
You might be asking yourself, "Why would I be opposed to “Restoring Clean Water’? I want a clean healthy source of water for my family to drink, cook, bathe and swim in..." why would I try and stop forward thinking legislation?...
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September 25, 2010 A bill authored by U.S. Rep. Jim Oberstar goes too far in giving federal government jurisdiction over open waters, say disgruntled landowners.
Oberstar, DFL-8th District and chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, last April authored amendments to the 1972 Clean Water Act. The bill, America's Commitment to Clean Water Act, attempts to correct two U.S.... >> read more
April 21, 2010 WASHINGTON D.C. - Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings and Committee Republicans released the following statements after Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman James Oberstar (D-MN) announced legislation to dramatically increase the scope of the Clean Water Act, bringing nearly every body of water - from irrigation canals, small ponds to seasonal ... >> read more
December 8, 2009 CWRA Legislation Poses Threats to Western Sovereignty and Rural Economies
(Washington, D.C.) -In a letter sent today to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-NV), Members of the House and Senate Western Caucuses cited concerns over job loss and regulatory overreach in expressing their strong objections to the Clean Water Restoration Act (CWRA) (S.... >> read more
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Oberstar's defeat was a political earthquakeNovember 5, 2010 Congressman Oberstar's Clean Water legislation was a defining issue in his defeat, and we were happy to have the opportunity to lead the battle in his district.
Oberstar's defeat was a political earthquake that very few people thought was possible. His district was deemed to be one of the safest in Congress, and he has won reelection by large margins since 1974. Prior to that, he was the... >> read more
A Clean Water FallacyOctober 5, 2010 There are several disturbing aspects about H.R. 5088, America's Commitment to Clean Water Act, authored by Minnesota Congressman James Oberstar and introduced in April.
There's the bill itself, arguably the biggest federal power grab in American history, given the proposed change in language to the 1972 federal Clean Water Act. Mr. Oberstar's bill would replace the term 'Navigable' with... >> read more
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