EPA’s support of false, illegal attack on farmers draws attention of US Senate Ag Committee Chairman
4/4/2016Senator Pat Roberts, (R-Kan) just issued this press statement regarding the billboards that are part of the Whatsupstream political attack on farmers:
Chairman Pat Roberts: EPA Funds Used to Attack Farmers
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today released the following statement regarding an anti-agriculture billboard in Washington state funded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
“This disturbing billboard is a bold example of exactly what America’s farmers and ranchers complain about all the time: the EPA has an agenda antagonistic to producers. Whether it’s overly burdensome and costly regulations or something as obvious as this this malicious billboard, the EPA has much to answer for in maligning those that grow the food and fiber to feed the world. Our farmers and ranchers are stewards of the land and want to see our natural resources protected as much as any other American.
“While there are legal concerns with the lack of disclosure of EPA’s involvement, the billboard is another example of EPA’s improper practice of encouraging the lobbying of legislators. How and why the EPA has allowed taxpayer dollars to be used to attack any industry, including our vital agriculture producers, demands answers.”
EPA: Anti-Farmer Billboards Violate Agency Rules
In the article the EPA admitted that the billboards, busboards and other advertising material are illegal because they did not include the required information that the message was funded by the EPA. Since the EPA stated themselves, and the grant reports showed, intensive review and engagement by the EPA, how could this have happened? How could it have gotten through this intensive review? How is it the lawyer who approved the entire campaign didn’t note that the ad materials were in clear violation of the terms of the agreement?
