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Bill Sponsorship: Waters of the U.S. Regulatory Overreach Protection Act
Source: H.5078
Congressional Summary:A BILL to preserve existing rights and responsibilities with respect to waters of the United States.- The EPA Administrator are prohibited from developing, finalizing, adopting, implementing, applying, administering, or enforcing the proposed Definition of 'Waters of the United States' Under the Clean Water Act (April 21, 2014); or any substantially similar proposed rule.
- FEDERALISM CONSULTATION: The EPA Administrator shall jointly consult with relevant State and local officials to develop recommendations for a regulatory proposal, taking into consideration differences in State and local geography, hydrology, climate, legal frameworks, economies, priorities, and needs.
Argument in opposition: (by Rep. Bishop, D-NY-1) The enactment of H.R. 5078 would, unfortunately, lock in place the interpretive guidance of the Bush administration: traditional
Clean Water Act protections over a significant percentage of waters has been called into question or have simply been lost. These are protections that existed for over 30 years prior to the issuance of the first Bush-era guidance in 2003 and are now all but lost, making it harder and more costly for individual States to protect their own waters should their upstream neighbors be unwilling or unable to fill in the gap in protecting water quality. Pollution needs to go somewhere, and since pollution does not respect State boundaries when it travels downstream, it will have an adverse impact on the quality of life and the quality of the environment of those downstream States. Under H.R. 5078, the EPA would be prohibited from ensuring that polluters in Connecticut continue to reduce excessive amounts of nitrogen in the Sound, leaving my constituents in the State of New York without any recourse to stop them.
Participating counts on VoteMatch question 8.
Question 8: EPA regulations are too restrictive
Scores: -2=Strongly oppose; -1=Oppose; 0=neutral; 1=Support; 2=Strongly support.
- Topic: Environment
- Headline: No EPA expansion of regulated waters
(Score: 1)
- Headline 2: No EPA expansion of regulated waters
(Score: 2)
Participating counts on AmericansElect question 8.
- Headline: No EPA expansion of regulated waters
(Answer: C)
- Headline 2: No EPA expansion of regulated waters
(Answer: D)
- AmericansElect Quiz Question 8 on
Environment:
Which of the following statements comes closest to your personal view?
- A: Natural resources exist for the benefit of humanity
- B: Natural resources exist for the benefit of humanity, but should be somewhat protected
- C: Natural resources should be mostly protected, but also exist for the benefit of humanity
- D: Natural resources exist on their own and should be completely protected
- E: Unsure
- Key for participation codes:
- Sponsorships: p=sponsored; o=co-sponsored; s=signed
- Memberships: c=chair; m=member; e=endorsed; f=profiled; s=scored
- Resolutions: i=introduced; w=wrote; a=adopted
- Cases: w=wrote; j=joined; d=dissented; c=concurred
- Surveys: '+' supports; '-' opposes.
Republicans
participating in 14_H5078 |
| Justin Amash |
s1s | Michigan Republican | Jul 31, 2014 |
| Mark Amodei |
s1s | Nevada Republican | Jul 28, 2014 |
| Michele Bachmann |
s1s | Minnesota Republican (retiring 2014) | Jul 29, 2014 |
| Lou Barletta |
s1s | Pennsylvania Republican | Jul 16, 2014 |
| Gus Bilirakis |
s1s | Florida Republican | Jul 30, 2014 |
| Marsha Blackburn |
s1s | Tennessee Republican | Jul 23, 2014 |
| Kevin Brady |
s1s | Texas Republican | Jul 23, 2014 |
| Jim Bridenstine |
s1s | Oklahoma Republican | Jul 14, 2014 |
| Mo Brooks |
s1s | Alabama Republican | Jul 16, 2014 |
| Vern Buchanan |
s1s | Florida Republican | Jul 28, 2014 |
| Ken Calvert |
s1s | California Republican | Jul 30, 2014 |
| Shelley Moore Capito |
s1s | West Virginia Republican (Senate run 2014) | Jul 11, 2014 |
| Steve Chabot |
s1s | Ohio Republican | Jul 24, 2014 |
| Tom Cole |
s1s | Oklahoma Republican | Jul 30, 2014 |
| Chris Collins |
s1s | New York Republican | Jul 14, 2014 |
| Doug Collins |
s1s | Georgia Republican | Jul 14, 2014 |
| Tom Cotton |
s1s | AR Republican Senate challenger | Jul 16, 2014 |
| Kevin Cramer |
s1s | North Dakota Republican | Jul 14, 2014 |
| Rick Crawford |
s1s | Arkansas Republican | Jul 11, 2014 |
| John Culberson |
s1s | Texas Republican | Jul 24, 2014 |
| Rodney Davis |
s1s | Illinois Republican | Jul 16, 2014 |
| Jeff Denham |
s1s | California Republican | Jul 14, 2014 |
| Ron DeSantis |
s1s | FL Republican Senate candidate | Jul 29, 2014 |
| Mario Diaz-Balart |
s1s | Florida Republican | Jul 28, 2014 |
| Sean Duffy |
s1s | Wisconsin Republican | Jul 29, 2014 |
| John Fleming |
s1s | LA Republican Senate candidate | Jul 30, 2014 |
| Bill Flores |
s1s | Texas Republican | Jul 30, 2014 |
| Randy Forbes |
s1s | Virginia Republican | Jul 28, 2014 |
| Cory Gardner |
s1s | CO Republican Senate challenger | Jul 29, 2014 |
| Bob Gibbs |
s1s | Ohio Republican | Jul 11, 2014 |
| Chris Gibson |
s1s | New York Republican (retiring 2016) | Jul 31, 2014 |
| Phil Gingrey |
s1s | GA Republican Challenger | Jul 31, 2014 |
| Bob Goodlatte |
s1s | Virginia Republican | Jul 31, 2014 |
| Paul Gosar |
s1s | Arizona Republican | Jul 16, 2014 |
| Trey Gowdy |
s1s | South Carolina Republican | Jul 28, 2014 |
| Samuel Graves |
s1s | Missouri Republican | Jul 16, 2014 |
| Tom Graves |
s1s | Georgia Republican | Jul 23, 2014 |
| Brett Guthrie |
s1s | Kentucky Republican | Jul 31, 2014 |
| Richard Hanna |
s1s | New York Republican | Jul 14, 2014 |
| Andy Harris |
s1s | Maryland Republican | Jul 31, 2014 |
| Vicky Hartzler |
s1s | Missouri Republican | Jul 31, 2014 |
| Doc Hastings |
s1s | Washington Republican (retiring 2014) | Jul 23, 2014 |
| Joe Heck |
s1s | Nevada Republican | Jul 24, 2014 |
| Tim Huelskamp |
s1s | Kansas Republican | Jul 16, 2014 |
| Bill Huizenga |
s1s | Michigan Republican | Jul 29, 2014 |
| Robert Hurt |
s1s | Virginia Republican | Jul 23, 2014 |
| David Jolly |
s1s | FL Republican Senate Challenger | Jul 11, 2014 |
| Walter Beaman Jones |
s1s | North Carolina Republican | Jul 16, 2014 |
| Dave Joyce |
s1s | Ohio Republican | Jul 31, 2014 |
| Mike Kelly |
s1s | Pennsylvania Republican | Jul 23, 2014 |
| Adam Kinzinger |
s1s | Illinois Republican | Jul 29, 2014 |
| John Kline |
s1s | Minnesota Republican | Jul 23, 2014 |
| Raul Labrador |
s1s | Idaho Republican | Jul 28, 2014 |
| Doug LaMalfa |
s1s | California Republican | Jul 30, 2014 |
| James Lankford |
s1s | OK Republican Senate challenger | Jul 16, 2014 |
| Tom Latham |
s1s | Iowa Republican (retiring 2014) | Jul 23, 2014 |
| Bob Latta |
s1s | Ohio Republican | Jul 17, 2014 |
| Billy Long |
s1s | Missouri Republican | Jul 28, 2014 |
| Frank Dean Lucas |
s1s | Oklahoma Republican | Jul 11, 2014 |
| Blaine Luetkemeyer |
s1s | Missouri Republican | Jul 23, 2014 |
| Cynthia Lummis |
s1s | Wyoming Republican | Jul 28, 2014 |
| Tom Marino |
s1s | Pennsylvania Republican | Jul 16, 2014 |
| Tom McClintock |
s1s | CA03 Former Republican Challenger (2003) | Jul 14, 2014 |
| David McKinley |
s1s | West Virginia Republican | Jul 23, 2014 |
| Mark Meadows |
s1s | North Carolina Republican | Jul 14, 2014 |
| Candice Miller |
s1s | Michigan Republican (retiring 2016) | Jul 24, 2014 |
| Jeff Miller |
s1s | Florida Republican | Jul 24, 2014 |
| Markwayne Mullin |
s1s | Oklahoma Republican | Jul 11, 2014 |
| Mick Mulvaney |
s1s | South Carolina Republican | Jul 23, 2014 |
| Randy Neugebauer |
s1s | Texas Republican | Jul 31, 2014 |
| Kristi Noem |
s1s | South Dakota Republican | Jul 17, 2014 |
| Rich Nugent |
s1s | Florida Republican | Jul 23, 2014 |
| Devin Nunes |
s1s | California Republican | Jul 28, 2014 |
| Steve Pearce |
s1s | New Mexico Republican | Jul 17, 2014 |
| Scott Perry |
s1s | Pennsylvania Republican | Jul 14, 2014 |
| Robert Pittenger |
s1s | North Carolina Republican | Jul 30, 2014 |
| Ted Poe |
s1s | Texas Republican | Jul 24, 2014 |
| Mike Pompeo |
s1s | Kansas Republican | Jul 23, 2014 |
| Bill Posey |
s1s | Florida Republican | Jul 30, 2014 |
| Tom Reed |
s1s | New York Republican | Jul 24, 2014 |
| Reid Ribble |
s1s | Wisconsin Republican | Jul 11, 2014 |
| Scott Rigell |
s1s | Virginia Republican | Jul 30, 2014 |
| Martha Roby |
s1s | Alabama Republican | Jul 24, 2014 |
| Hal Rogers |
s1s | Kentucky Republican | Jul 31, 2014 |
| Todd Rokita |
s1s | Indiana Republican | Jul 17, 2014 |
| Tom Rooney |
s1s | Florida Republican | Jul 23, 2014 |
| Dennis Ross |
s1s | Florida Republican | Jul 23, 2014 |
| Matt Salmon |
s1s | Arizona Republican | Jul 30, 2014 |
| Aaron Schock |
s1s | Illinois Republican (resigned 2015) | Jul 28, 2014 |
| David Schweikert |
s1s | Arizona Republican | Jul 28, 2014 |
| James Sensenbrenner |
s1s | Wisconsin Republican | Jul 31, 2014 |
| John Shimkus |
s1s | Illinois Republican | Jul 29, 2014 |
| Bill Shuster |
s1s | Pennsylvania Republican | Jul 11, 2014 |
| Mike Simpson |
s1s | Idaho Republican | Jul 24, 2014 |
| Jason Smith |
s1s | Missouri Republican | Jul 14, 2014 |
| Lamar Smith |
s1s | Texas Republican | Jul 16, 2014 |
| Steve Southerland |
s2p | Florida Republican | |
| Chris Stewart |
s1s | Utah Republican | Jul 23, 2014 |
| Marlin Stutzman |
s1s | IN Republican Senate candidate | Jul 24, 2014 |
| Mac Thornberry |
s1s | Texas Republican | Jul 17, 2014 |
| Pat Tiberi |
s1s | Ohio Republican | Jul 29, 2014 |
| Scott Tipton |
s1s | Colorado Republican | Jul 17, 2014 |
| Fred Upton |
s1s | Michigan Republican | Jul 23, 2014 |
| David Valadao |
s1s | California Republican | Jul 28, 2014 |
| Tim Walberg |
s1s | Michigan Republican | Jul 30, 2014 |
| Greg Walden |
s1s | Oregon Republican | Jul 29, 2014 |
| Randy Weber |
s1s | Texas Republican | Jul 30, 2014 |
| Brad Wenstrup |
s1s | Ohio Republican | Jul 31, 2014 |
| Lynn Westmoreland |
s1s | Georgia Republican | Jul 28, 2014 |
| Ed Whitfield |
s1s | Kentucky Republican | Jul 28, 2014 |
| Steve Womack |
s1s | Arkansas Republican | Jul 16, 2014 |
| Ted Yoho |
s1s | Florida Republican | Jul 29, 2014 |
| Don Young |
s1s | Alaska Republican | Jul 14, 2014 |
Independents
participating in 14_H5078 |
| Tim Griffin |
s1s | AR GOP Lt.Gov Challenger | Jul 16, 2014 |
Total recorded by OnTheIssues:
Democrats:
5
Republicans:
113
Independents:
1 |
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