2025 Regular Session - Day 29 - SB 89 Veto Override Comments, Rep. Whitaker

thank you Mr speaker uh may I speak on the bill yes sir i have heard Eastern Kentucky mentioned several times here um and I figure somebody from Eastern Kentucky should speak on how Eastern Kentucky feels about this issue uh I challenge you to find any Eastern Kentucky that thinks that the EPA hasn't done enough to regulate anything in Eastern Kentucky i bathe my baby in water that comes from a deep mine in Flaming Neon Kentucky if I thought for a second that we were going to compromise the water systems of Eastern Kentucky I would be voting no but that's not what this bill does uh I am ashamed of these environmental groups and their lying and fear tactics uh I don't blame the people at all for what they're hearing uh and I'm sure that I'd be scared if I were told all these lies that have been told but the truth of the matter is your waters are protected your waters are protected folks if you look at the definition of navigable waters it includes virtually everything but ditches and mud puddles ditches and mud puddles so if you want to find some people who think that we need to uh take it easy on uh the regulations go to Eastern Kentucky where uh we are suffering from the lack of jobs from federal overreach and tell me that that federal overreach doesn't go far enough thank you [Applause]