Rep. Barry Moore supports bill to kill Biden's WOTUS rule

Washington, D.C. — Today, Rep. Barry Moore (AL-02) voted in favor of the 2024 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Bill. This legislation provides new non-defense discretionary spending totaling $25.417 billion, which is 35% below the 2023 bill and $21.371 billion below the President's Budget Request. This bill reins in federal spending while prioritizing critical needs, and ends Biden's job-killing Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule.

"This legislation puts more money back in American families' wallets by clawing back billions from wasteful climate initiatives, prohibiting the regulation of lead content in ammunition and fishing tackle, and limiting abuse of the Endangered Species Act," said Rep. Moore. "Furthermore, it eliminates Biden's radical WOTUS rule that only serves his wealthy environmentalist base and affirms the property rights of farmers, ranchers, foresters and landowners across America." 

Fiscal Year 2024 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Bill reins in wasteful Washington spending and bureaucracy by:

• Expanding access to critical minerals

• Requiring oil and gas lease sales

• Limiting job killing regulations by the EPA, such as repealing the recent Waters of the United States Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) regulation

• Limiting abuse of the Endangered Species Act regarding species such as the sage-grouse, the gray wolf, and the lesser-prairie chicken

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