Sen. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, the top Republican on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, argued the new rule will have the adverse effect and will "move us backwards by making more projects subject to federal permitting requirements and adding more bureaucratic red tape."
EPA reverses Trump-era rule to reinstate waterway regulations that GOP calls 'overreaching'
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Capito, the top Republican on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, said President Joe Biden “managed to kill thousands of jobs and paralyze America’s energy industry with executive orders” soon after taking office, including withdrawal of a permit for the Keystone XL oil pipeline.
Senate votes to reinstate methane rules loosened by Trump
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