The small biz community is concerned that the latest EPA ruling will harm local economic growth. Here's how people reacted on Twitter.
Control over seasonal streams, creeks and wetlands is now in the hands of the federal government, after the Obama Administration approved the Clean Water Act expansion through the Environmental Protection Agency yesterday. Taking the regulatory responsibility away from state and local supervision could hamper economic growth and drive up costs for small business owners.
Here’s how the small business community reacted on Twitter after the ruling:
There’s bipartisan agreement that Washington bureaucrats have gone beyond their authority w/overreaching #WOTUS rule. pic.twitter.com/7FRKdR3JqT
— Sen. John Barrasso (@SenJohnBarrasso) May 27, 2015
.@NFIB tells @USATODAY the passage of #WOTUS was “rigged” with no consideration for #smallbiz: http://t.co/Wva3ZMKVYb #stopwaterpolice
— NFIB (@NFIB) May 27, 2015
Even Oklahoma’s attorney general says the @EPA‘s rule is illegal #stopwaterpolice https://t.co/0kctI7CnR8
— Kelly Klass (@KellyAKlass) May 27, 2015
Yet another power grab by the EPA. This time they want to regulate ponds & streams in your backyard. http://t.co/V8D2Zt0wiV #stopwaterpolice
— Victoria Rametta (@victoriarametta) May 27, 2015
New @EPA water rule doubles down on overreach & threatens to impede small biz, agriculture & energy production: http://t.co/h8cXeuNqAA
— Shelley Moore Capito (@SenCapito) May 27, 2015
Can U blame me 4 questioning EPA’s #WOTUS claim that permitting will be “less costly, easier & faster” 4 #smallbiz? https://t.co/5yu9NgtbBE
— Karen Kerrigan (@KarenKerrigan) May 27, 2015
The EPA’s latest power grab hurts #smallbiz and farmers most. Read Chairman @RepSteveChabot‘s statement here: http://t.co/343cHpp9Nk #WOTUS
— House Small Business (@HouseSmallBiz) May 27, 2015
Enforcing EPA standards in Texas has become big business for small business owners.
— M. Bison (@stephdom8626) May 27, 2015
The #EPA ignored its legal obligation under the Reg Flex Act to assess impact of #WOTUS rule on #SmallBiz. https://t.co/oRxZrAFEf6
— SBE Council (@SBECouncil) May 27, 2015
EPA to expand its reign of terror on small business. https://t.co/T0Tdpq7xWv
— Josey Cogburn (@amcap76) May 26, 2015
Proposed #WOTUS rule will hurt Nebraska families, communities, & businesses. pic.twitter.com/HU13Y9IRo1
— Senator Deb Fischer (@SenatorFischer) May 27, 2015
Washington bureaucrats should never have control over puddles and irrigation ditches on rural farmers’ property. #WOTUS must be stopped.
— Rep. Adrian Smith (@RepAdrianSmith) May 27, 2015
RT if you agree the Obama Admin has no business regulating our puddles, ditches & ponds across MO & our nation http://t.co/NFZ8ugpuZf #WOTUS
— Senator Roy Blunt (@RoyBlunt) May 27, 2015
Boehner on #WOTUS “administration’s decree to unilaterally expand federal authority is a raw and tyrannical power grab that will crush jobs”
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) May 27, 2015
Your property, home/#smallbiz could fall under EPAs proposed rule. Learn more http://t.co/HftLwBswSF #StopWaterPolice pic.twitter.com/ZTrSSKsijb
— NFIB Pennsylvania (@nfib_pa) May 26, 2015
