dr. john barrasso. let me tell you a story about a family in my home state. andy johnson is 32.works as a welder. he and his wife katie have four kids. they live in the country. they have a few cows and horses. two years ago, they want to do -- wanted to build a small pond in their front yard. they got their plan approved by the state, and they use the pond to provide water for their animals. they thought it was a beautiful addition to the dry landscape. birdsnd attracts other and animals. everything was fine until the johnsons got a visit from the united states environmental protection agency. even though the state of wyoming had approved the pond, the federal government had not. the johnsons now face fines of more than $37,000 every day until they remove the pond. this is what has happened to government in america. it has gotten so aggressive, so inflexible, and so unyielding, and seemingly for so little purpose, and it's going to get worse. the obama administration is seizing new authority to control what it calls waters of the united states. this includes things like irrigat

dr. john barrasso. let me tell you a story about a family in my home state. andy johnson is 32. he and his wife katie have four kids. they live in the country. they have a few cows and horses. two years ago, they want to do build a small pond in their front yard. they got their plan approved by the state, and they use the pond to provide water for their animals. they thought it was a beautiful addition. the pond attractive birds and other animals. everything was fine until the johnsons got a visit from the united states environmental protection agency. even though the state of wyoming had approved the pond, the federal government had not. the johnsons now face fines of more than $37,000 every day until they remove the pond. tos is what has happened government in america. it has gotten so aggressive, so inflexible, and so unyielding, and seemingly for so little purpose, and it's going to get worse. the obama administration is seizing new authority to control what it calls waters of the united states. this includes things like irrigated ditches, even low points in the landscape wh