Biden's quiet attack on rural America smells just as bad as manure

The Biden administration quietly published an expanded version of President Obama's destructive “Waters of the United States" rule.

Republican Randy Feenstra represents Iowa's 4th congressional district.

In late 2022, on the eve of the new year, the Biden administration quietly published an expanded version of President Obama’s controversial and destructive "Waters of the United States" (WOTUS) rule. With no warning whatsoever, President Biden and his radical Environmental Protection Agency subjected 97 percent of Iowa land and millions of hardworking American farmers to arduous bureaucratic red tape, mountains of paperwork, and unnecessary headaches. Ironically, for someone who claims to advocate for all Americans, President Biden’s abysmal record of targeting America’s family farmers begs otherwise. 

As the second-largest agriculture-producing district in the nation, I represent thousands of families who have farmed the same land for generations, providing for themselves, preserving their farmland, and living the American Dream. These same families – who are the best conservationists – also support clean water and take steps every day to protect our rivers, lakes, ponds, and streams in Iowa. From installing buffer strips and bioreactors to planting cover crops, our farmers exercise commonsense conservation practices – that the federal government intentionally ignores – to keep our water clean and drinkable.