The U.S. House voted Thursday to undo a Biden administration definition of wetlands that allows for regulations on private lands. A Senate vote is likely sometime in the middle of next week, a Senate Republican aide said Friday. “We have consistently seen increasingly expansive interpretations of the Clean Water Act result in the implementation of a flawed and overreaching water policy,” Graves said. “The American people want clean water,” New Mexico Democrat Melanie Stansbury said on the House floor. Biden reopened the issue and claimed, as environmental advocates hoped, a broader definition that allowed for more robust Clean Water Act enforcement.

Source: Washington Post March 12, 2023 16:21 UTC