The House was unable to muster a two-thirds majority on Tuesday to override President Biden’s veto of legislation to roll back the Environmental Protection Agency’s expanded authority over streams and wetlands, delivering a win to the president’s climate agenda.
’s expanded authority over streams and wetlands, delivering a win to the president’s climate agenda.
“Decades of agency interpretations and misinterpretations of [waters of the United States] have created a lot of uncertainty for rural communities, farmers, businesses and industries that rely on clean water,” said House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chair Sam Graves, Missouri Republican. “This rule does absolutely nothing to provide clarity.”
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, co-chair of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus, was the lone Republican to vote to uphold the president’s veto.
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