The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee advanced a joint resolution that would cancel the Biden administration’s new Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule during a Feb. 28 markup, the latest in an ongoing dispute as to federal authority over the nation’s waters.
“I would argue that this may be the most important vote, one of the biggest votes that we cast this Congress,” Rep. David Rouzer (R-N.C.) said prior to the vote.