Huge Land Grab Moving through the Senate

The Clean Water Restoration Act (S. 787) seeks to require a federal permit for just about any activity that affects any body of water and would extend the scope and reach of Federal jurisdiction far past any requirements previous under the original Clean Water Act.

The consequences of removing the adjective "navigable" is giving the EPA and Corp. of Engineers jurisdiction over all waters--the federalization of all streams and intermittent streams--in America.

Here is testimony from a Senate committee which endorses the expansion of federal jurisdiction to all American waters and affects American farmers, as the committee would not even exclude "ground water" from the text of the bill.