The Problem: Washington, D.C. is out of touch and too often, farmers and small businesses in Virginia's 5th District are negatively impacted by federal regulations which lack commonsense. Recognizing the need for change, Robert has traveled all across the district, meeting regularly with farmers and small business owners so he can bring their concerns to Washington and introduce commonsense policies that will make it easier for our farmers and small businesses to succeed.
Part of helping 5th District Virginians succeed is removing the federal government as a roadblock to job creation so our farmers and small businesses can hire and grow. In this case, unelected bureaucrats at the EPA and the Corps of Engineers cost 5th District farmers years of lost production and tens of thousands of dollars to build a farm pond on their private property to irrigate their crops -- a normal farming activity that is already permitted under current law. In rural America, our famers know that the lost money and time spent as they work through burdensome red tape means fewer jobs in our local communities and less food on the table.
While this is just one example of federal over-reach can negatively impact our small businesses and farms in Central and Southside Virginia, it is an indication of the bigger picture of how the federal government is strangling our economy throughout the 5th District and the country. There are no greater stewards of the land than our farmers -- their livelihood depends on the land. It is time that Washington, D.C. put an end to the ways of big government over-reach, and let our famers and small businesses do what they do best -- stimulate our economy and create the jobs that America needs.
The Solution: Many of Robert's bills have come straight from concerns brought to him by constituents. The Preserving Rural Resources Act is no exception. This legislation clarifies exemptions in current law so that normal farming activities such as building a farm pond for crop irrigation, which are already protected under the Clean Water Act, are in fact permitted as the law was written. This legislation will ensure that unelected bureaucrats are not misinterpreting the law and harming our family famers and their ability to create the jobs our communities need and to expand their farms.
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Robert Hurt Floor Speech On The Red Tape Reduction And Small Business Job Creation Actby RepRobertHurt94 views
Frank Bechter 2 months ago
Why not list what these heinous Environmental Protection Agency requirements are? "Overreach." Or are we just supposed to take the gospel word of these few good people who have every interest in not being regulated in any way? The EPA is made up of experts on the history and ecology of various practices. Shall we say they know nothing and these few good people know everything? If these good folks want to create jobs so bad, why not comply with what's best and start hiring? Seems like they can.
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1paf2bfree 2 months ago
Erase Federal authority, never legislate submission/ with compromise. Excellence in self-government will repeal Federal authority to trespass in local lands...BEWARE OF POLITICAL ACTIONS. The 17th Amendment, in 1913, replaced 1987 USConstitutional States rights with unlimited, unrestrained, Federal powers. RESTORE STATE PROTECTIONS before trusting additional legislation actions...
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Rebel5514 2 months ago
Very good points made here. Thanks for sharing these thoughts which are so much of the larger problem of rural areas across the country, the decline of small towns, etc. When farms disappear, so do businesses, churches, all sorts of institutions. What's left? People subsisting on social security checks.
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