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Scott Pruitt Receives the Support of Missouri Ag Groups in a Unified Letter to the State's Senators

Wed, 04 Jan 2017 15:24:53 CST

The Missouri Cattlemen's Association (MCA), joined by the Missouri Agribusiness Association; Missouri Dairy Association; Missouri Egg Council; Missouri Farm Bureau; Missouri Forest Products Association; Missouri Pork Producers Association; and Missouri Poultry Federation, penned a letter to U.S. Senators Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) supporting the confirmation of Scott Pruitt as the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Collectively, the groups represent tens of thousands of Missouri family farmers, ranchers and business owners.



"Attorney General Pruitt is an ideal nominee to lead the EPA because he has seen, firsthand, the real world consequences of the agency's overreach in his state. As a leader in working to restore the EPA to its original, lawful mission, Pruitt has earned bipartisan respect and recognition during his time as Attorney General," the groups stated in the letter. "An expert of constitutional law and the federal regulatory system, Pruitt would provide the balance desperately needed at the EPA."



MCA President Keith Stevens said the EPA is in need of reform. Stevens stated that the regulatory overreach of the agency hurts existing farm and ranch families and threatens to stifle the next generation from entering into the profession of agriculture.



"It has been one regulation after another. From promulgating regulations on farm dust to claiming jurisdiction over every drop of water in the country, the agency has acted more like an activist group than an agency rooted in sound science," said Stevens. "We welcome an end to the pervasive invasion of private property rights."



The letter mentions Missouri agriculture's contribution to the economy and to feeding families across the state. The letter references a recent economic impact study commissioned by the Missouri Department of Agriculture and Missouri Farm Bureau, which concludes Missouri agriculture's economic contribution well exceeds $88 billion.



The groups encourage the U.S. Senators to vote to confirm Attorney General Pruitt as the next EPA Administrator.



Source - Missouri Cattlemen's Association




   

 

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