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Clearing the air at EPA

What do farmers and ranchers, builders and businesspeople have in common?

One thing I keep hearing from constituents in these respective industries is that an onslaught of rules and regulations from federal agencies has hampered their abilities to develop new innovations and create needed jobs. Since President Obama took office, more than 308,000 pages of new rules have been added to the Federal Register. That’s enough paper to cover more than four and a half acres of farmland, and weighs more than three Ford F-150 pickups trucks.

The Environmental Protection Agency is one of the worst o...

 

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