Press Release

INDIANAPOLIS — The following is a statement from Senator Todd Young on the Biden Administration’s effect on Hoosier farmers.

“In recent weeks, the Biden Administration has reassured the American people that our economy is historically strong and its policies are the reason why. But far away from the White House, most Americans are unpersuaded. The cost of their bills and the state of their savings don’t match the rosy picture.

The Administration claims it is investing in America’s economy, but at the same time, it strangled our economy with unnecessary and ideologically motivated rules and regulations. Just ask Hoosier farmers.

The latest in this deluge of red tape, the rewritten Waters of the United States rule, will make it harder and more expensive for our farmers to help feed the rest of the world. The Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced a new rule in December 2022 repealing the Navigable Waters Protection Rule and changing the definition of WOTUS in a way that will expand federal regulatory authority.

This is not part of an agenda that helps Americans—it’s a bareknuckle attempt to expand the reach of the federal government. I have cosponsored a resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act that would repeal the Biden Administration’s new WOTUS rule.

Last week, I spoke out against this overreach on the Senate floor.”