Senate Republicans press for WOTUS ‘transparency’

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), the top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), and her GOP colleagues on the committee are pressing EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers to provide greater transparency on the agencies’ decision to revise the Trump-era “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) rule. “After the Administration’s continued commitments to transparency, engagement, and communication with stakeholders and Congress on this issue, the lack of transparency surrounding the decision to abandon this legally defensible...