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WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) voted in favor of the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies appropriations bill which includes provisions to repeal the EPA's overreaching Waters of the United States (WOTUS) and limit the abusive listing of the lesser prairie-chicken under the Endangered Species Act.
 
"Kansans have proven to be good stewards of the land and natural resources we have here in our state, yet federal bureaucrats continue to abuse their positions by micromanaging ponds and puddles through the overreaching WOTUS rule and listing the lesser prairie-chicken as endangered despite the population remaining stable," said Rep. Estes. "House Republicans passed the Interior and Environment appropriations bill which will kneecap the entrenched D.C. administrative state from pushing WOTUS and the lesser prairie-chicken listing onto hardworking Kansas farmers, ranchers and energy producers. This appropriations bill is a win for common sense Kansans and a victory over the status quo in Washington."