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Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt joined a 17-state coalition this week urging the Trump administration to adopt its proposed replacement of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule.

“What we’re really doing is advocating for some balance here,” Schmitt told Brownfield Ag News Thursday, “to rescind essentially the Waters of the U.S. rule that had a really devastating impact on Missouri farmers, and farmers and ranchers across the country.”

Farmers shouldn’t be subjected to the kind of overreach imposed by the original WOTUS rule, Schmitt tells Brownfield, referring to the Obama era rule as “a federal land grab”.

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