WASHINGTON, D.C. (KELO.com) — Iowa Senator Joni Ernst is fighting the tide.
Ernst joined her Senate Republican colleagues in challenging the Biden administration’s Waters of the United States rule through the Congressional Review Act, a formal move to halt aggressive rulemaking by a federal agency.
The resolution comes after the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced a rule to repeal the Trump administration’s Navigable Waters Protection Rule.
In 2015, Senator Ernst led a similar effort against the Obama-Biden administration’s WOTUS rules