The Great Water Heist - Part 2

by Henry Lamb, Sovereignty International, Inc.

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee considered the Clean Water Restoration Act (S787), and approved the bill for a floor vote.  The original language authored by Senator Russ Feingold, was replaced by a substitute amendment by Senator Baucus, and others.  The new language is said to exempt agriculture, but in reality, it exempts only "prior converted wetlands."  The new language maintains the massive expansion of federal power.  By removing the word "navigable" from the defnition of waters under the jurisdiction of the federal government, virtually all water everywhere is subject to federal jurisdiction.

This new video is a condensaton of the 90-minute hearing, fully exposing the vast expansion of federal power and the near contempt for Republican efforts to amend the bill.  Watch the 10-minute video here.

Posted 7/5/09