Hr 2018

According to Chandra Brown, the heritage of southern Georgia's "primordial" river system was one of pristine beauty -- without much industry. But as more factories started to locate in the area in the 1970s, the situation began to change drastically.

As early as today, the House will vote again to undermine the Clean Water Act, and I hope the results will be the same: a public backlash that stalls environmental rollbacks.

The House of Representatives today is swinging a sledgehammer at a cornerstone of contemporary American democracy and undermining the most extraordinary body of environmental law in the world.

H.R. 2018 takes the "federal" out of the federal Clean Water Act and highlights a new disdain for the federal government's role in environmental protection.