Congressman calls for Endangered Species Act protection for farmers
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., on Tuesday offered a novel response to the glut of environmental regulations that have hit the agriculture industry: protect the American farmer under the Endangered Species Act.
In one of five amendments Buck is offering to the $30 billion House interior and environment appropriations bill, one would re-allocate $50,000 of bonus payments to senior EPA officials to the Department of Interior, "to conduct a study on whether Agricola Americus should be classified as an endangered species."
The amendment is a humorous attempt to draw attention to the burden that the EPA places on the farming industry.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"Environmentalists have put so many burdens on farmers without any thought to food production in this country, and I want to raise awareness about the plight of the farmers," Buck told the Washington Examiner.