Conservatives applaud the recent action by the Trump Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to undo the preemptive veto of the Pebble Mine in Southwest Alaska.
The Obama Administration took unprecedented steps to preemptively block the issuance of Section 404 permits—the Clean Water Act permits required to begin most mining and infrastructure projects—before they were even reviewed.
In doing so, the previous administration empowered EPA bureaucrats well beyond their constitutional authority, putting thousands of jobs across the country and in all sectors of the economy at risk.
The EPA has an important role to play in protecting the environment, and its role is clearly defined in the process outlined in the National Environmental Policy Act. But allowing preemptive vetoes—a step never before taken in the 45-year history of the Clean Water Act—is a blatant abuse of authority.
A project’s permitting should be based upon a proper environmental review process, not the politics of a president.
We urge the Trump Administration to continue to stand up for the protection of private property rights and due process, and undo and prohibit future abusive preemptive vetoes.
The Honorable Edwin Meese III
Attorney General
President Ronald Reagan (1985-1988)
The Honorable Becky Norton Dunlop
White House Advisor
President Ronald Reagan (1981-1985)
The Honorable Morton C. Blackwell
President
The Leadership Institute
Noah Wall
Vice President of Advocacy
FreedomWorks
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Chairman
Tea Party Patriots Citizen Fund
The Honorable T. Kenneth Cribb, Jr.
Chief Domestic Advisor
President Ronald Reagan (1987-1988)
The Honorable Bob McEwen
U.S. House of Representatives
Former Member, Ohio
The Honorable David McIntosh
President
Club for Growth
The Honorable Tony Perkins
President
Family Research Council
David Bozell
President
ForAmerica
Ed Corrigan
Vice Chairman, Conservative Action Project and Executive Director, Conservative Partnership Institute
Matt Schlapp
Chairman
American Conservative Union (ACU)
Lewis K. Uhler
Founder and President
National Tax Limitation Committee
Norm Singleton
President
Campaign for Liberty
Thomas Pyle
President
American Energy Alliance
Phil Kerpen
President
American Commitment
Ed Martin
President
Phyllis Schlafly Eagles
Sean Noble
President
American Encore
Dr. Jerome R. Corsi
Founder and CEO
CorsiNation.com
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President
Lindsey Communications
Seton Motley
President
Less Government
Melvin Adams
Past President
RENEWANATION
Judson Phillips
Founder
Tea Party Nation
J. Christian Adams
President
Public Interest Legal Foundation
Sal Russo
Co-Founder and Chief Strategist
Tea Party Express
The Honorable James C. Miller III
Former Director of OMB, Former Chairman of FTC, and First Administrator of OIRA
Benjamin R. Case
CEO
Focused On Fundraising
Amapola Hansberger
President
Legal Immigrants for America
Rebecca Hagelin
Columnist
The Washington Times
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President
Committee for Justice
Jim Martin
Founder/Chairman
60 Plus Association
Tom Giovanetti
President
Institute for Policy Innovation
Kevin Freeman
Founder
NSIC Institute
Ron Robinson
President
Young America's Foundation
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President & CEO
American Target Advertising
Charlie Gerow
Vice Chairman
American Conservative Union
William W. Pascoe, III
Board Member
Tea Party Patriots Action
Richard D. Hayes
Partner
Hayes, Berry, White & Vanzant, LLP
The Honorable Diana Denman
Presidential Appointee
President Ronald Reagan
Sherri R. Martin
Executive Vice President
The Martin Organization, Inc.
Nicholas Stehle
Campaign for the American Future
Jerry Melvin
Former Dean
Florida House of Representatives
Bob Carlstrom
President
AMAC Action
Arlene Krings
KS Prolife
KS for Life
Dr. Ronald L. Seeley MD
Lee Beaman
CEO
Beaman Automotive Group
Peggy Dau
Representative
Iran Alive Ministries
Tim Macy
Chairman
Gun Owners of America
The Honorable Tom DeLay
Former Majority Leader
U.S. House of Representatives
Tom Schatz
President
Citizens Against Government Waste
Alfred S. Regnery
Chairman, Conservative Action Project
Chairman, Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund
Mary Vought
Executive Director
Senate Conservatives Fund
Kelly J. Shackelford, Esq.
Chairman, CNP Action, Inc.
President and CEO, First Liberty Institute
Myron Ebell
Director, Center for Energy and Environment, Competitive Enterprise Institute
Rachel Bovard
Policy Director
Senate Steering Committee (2014-2015)
Lt. Gen. William G. Boykin (Ret.)
Executive Vice President
Family Research Council
The Honorable J. Kenneth Blackwell
Chairman
Constitutional Congress, Inc.
William L. Walton
President
Council for National Policy
Scott T. Parkinson
Executive Director
Republican Study Committee (2016-2018)
The Honorable Colin A. Hanna
President
Let Freedom Ring, Inc.
Thomas Fitton
President
Judicial Watch, Inc.
Daniel Schneider
Executive Director
American Conservative Union (ACU)
Craig Shirley
Reagan Biographer
Presidential Historian
Paavo Ensio
Chairman
Universal Minerals Group
Robert K. Fischer
Meeting Coordinator
Conservatives of Faith
Charlie Copeland
President
Intercollegiate Studies Institute
The Honorable Tim Huelskamp, Ph.D.
Member of Congress, Kansas 1st District
2011-2017
Christopher Malagisi
Executive Director of Outreach
Hillsdale College
Brett Healy
President, The John K. MacIver Institute for Public Policy
Richard Manning
President
Americans for Limited Government
Rev. Bill Owens
President
Coalition of African American Pastors
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President
Center for Military Readiness
Kay R. Daly
President
Coalition for a Fair Judiciary
Floyd Brown
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America Fighting Back PAC
Ambassador Henry F. Cooper
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Allen Hebert
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American-Chinese Fellowship of Houston
The Honorable George K. Rasley, Jr.
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Conservative Victory Fund
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Tradition, Family, Property, Inc.
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President
America’s Liberty PAC
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President
60 Plus Association
The Honorable Penny Pullen
Former Illinois State Representative
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Constitutional Law Attorney
Trump 2020 Advisory Board
The Honorable Tim Echols
Public Service Commissioner
Georgia Public Service Commission
Lisa Calvert
Christian speaker
Rabon-Calvert Int.
David N. Bossie
President
Citizens United
Robert Gluskin
Member
Council for National Policy
Donna Hearne
CEO
The Constitutional Coalition
Rod D. Martin
Founder and CEO
The Martin Organization, Inc.
Haley E. Martin
President
The Martin Foundation
Shawn A. Mitchell
Former National Chaplain, National Federation of Republican Assemblies
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Founder and President
Let Us Pray Ministries
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President
Liberty Surgical, Inc.
Dr. Virginia Armstrong
National Court Watch Chairman
National Eagle Forum
Amy Kremer
Chair, Women for America First
Paul Gessing
President
Rio Grande Foundation
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Representative
Florida State House
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President
American Values
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