Posted on 10/01/2016 5:27:55 PM PDT by artichokegrower
Emphasizing the need for congressional action, farm groups renewed their call for reform of Clean Water Act enforcement, following release of a report documenting how federal agencies overreach their authority to regulate farmland.
The report, issued last week by the majority staff of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, describes numerous incidents in which the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Environmental Protection Agency have tried to expand their authority to regulate what crops farmers grow and how they grow them, based on the agencies' interpretation of the act.
(Excerpt) Read more at agalert.com ...
"The Corps regulator informed the landowner that despite an extensive farming history, orchards were never planted on the ranch so they are not the same kind of farming and might not be considered a normal farming activity," the report said.
Trump has promised to get rid of WOTUS when elected.
WOTUS = “Water Of The United States?”
Wotus= Governmnet controlling every drop of water in the USA. These alphabets need to be disbanded.
Reform!!!!
How about REPEAL of the unconstitutional piece of excrement.
The Clean Water Act gives unelected bureaucrats nearly unlimited power to force private citizens to do nothing with their private property or to spend ungodly sums of money to comply with worthless and pointless regulations.
This legislation needs to die and the bureaucrats need to be unemployed.
Something else for Trump to add to his “Get Rid of It” list which must be nearing a mile in length.
UN Agenda 21 ( Let me know if you wish to be added or removed from the list.)
”… tried to expand their authority to regulate what crops farmers grow and how they grow them, based on the agencies' interpretation of the act."
FR: Never Accept the Premise of Your Opponent’s Argument
Contrary to the misleading claim that constitutionally undefined federal agencies are trying to unconstitutionally expand their powers, patriots are reminded of the following. The states have actually never delegated to the corrupt, post-17th Amendment ratification feds, expressly via the Constitution, the specific power to regulate either environmental issues or agricultural production.
In fact, a single statement by a previous generations of state sovereignty-respecting justices not only clarifies in general that powers that the states have not expressly constitutionally delegated to the feds are prohibited to the feds, but uses agricultural production as a specific example of powers not delegated.
”From the accepted doctrine that the United States is a government of delegated powers, it follows that those not expressly granted, or reasonably to be implied from such as are conferred, are reserved to the states, or to the people. To forestall any suggestion to the contrary, the Tenth Amendment was adopted. The same proposition, otherwise stated, is that powers not granted are prohibited. None to regulate agricultural production is given, and therefore legislation by Congress for that purpose is forbidden [emphasis added].” —United States v. Butler, 1936.
So the referenced federal agencies are another example of lawless lawmakers unconstitutionally front-ending themselves with non-elected bureaucrats, allowing these bureaucrats to get away with essentially running the country using stolen state powers.
By allowing bureaucrats to get away with exercising stolen state powers, corrupt lawmakers are able to keep their voting records clean so that they can fool low-information patriots into reelecting them imo.
Remember in November !
Patriots need to support Trump / Pence by also electing a new, state sovereignty-respecting Congress that will not only work within its constitutional Article I, Section 8-limited powers to support Trump’s vision for making America great again for everybody, but will also put a stop to unconstitutonal federal taxes and likewise unconstitutional inteference in state affairs as evidenced by environmental issues and agricultural production.
Note that such a Congress will also probably be willing to fire state sovereignty-ignoring activist justices.
Please talk about this and not some has been beauty queen.
Clinton, Trump give positions on ag, regulatory policy
TRUMP: “First, I will appoint a pro-farmer Administrator of EPA. Next, I will eliminate the unconstitutional “Waters of the U.S.” rule, and will direct the Army Corps of Engineers and EPA to no longer use this unlawful rule and related guidance documents in making jurisdictional determinations. This rule is so extreme that it gives federal agencies control over creeks, small streams, and even puddles or mostly dry areas on private property. I will also ensure that these agencies respect the valid exclusions under environmental statutes for agricultural practices. To be clear, my Administration will work to ensure clean water for all Americans while also restoring the proper limits of federal jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act. Unlike the Obama-Clinton team, my Administration will work cooperatively with the States — most of which have been completely ignored by EPA under the Obama Administration-to achieve shared, common-sense environmental goals.”
CLINTON: “The Clean Water Act is one of our most successful environmental regulations, helping fulfill the basic right of all Americans to accessing clean water. Not too long ago our rivers were literally on fire, and polluters were free to dump toxic chemicals at will. The Clean Water Act not only stemmed these environmental disasters but helped to reverse course and restore healthy swimmable and fishable waters for all Americans to enjoy. As president, Hillary will continue this legacy. She will work to ensure waters are safe and protected, will maintain the longstanding exemptions for common farming practices, and will continue pushing for clarity within the law.”
I am sooooo damn glad that I am out of the business of ranching I almost can’t express myself.
The Obama Administration is in violation of the Fifth Amendment.
Amendment V
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
You can not take a farmers land without just comensation
Just compensation.
The Obama Administration is in violation of more than just the Fifth Amendment. The treasonous bastards need to be hung for all to see.
Would love to see the farmers here get some relief. I recall we had to sign some documents indicating that the land across the road from us used to be a farm many years ago, when we purchased our home in 2015.
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