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Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s ruling on Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency, which rolls back Clean Water Act protections for waterways and wetlands across our country.
 
“In the last 50 years, the Clean Water Act has transformed our nation’s waterways, cleaning up and protecting rivers and wetlands that were unrecognizable before these safeguards were put in place. With this decision, the Supreme Court has significantly undermined those protections that we depend on to keep our waters safe and healthy for the Americans who depend on them and the ecosystems they sustain. As the wife of the man who helped author the Clean Water Act as the Rouge River in my home state was literally on fire, I know firsthand how essential these regulations are to the well-being of people and wildlife, and I will never stop fighting to defend our most precious natural resource.”  
 
The Supreme Court decision today rules that the Clean Water Act only protects wetlands “with a continuous surface connection to bodies that are waters of the United States.”
 
Dingell celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Clean Water Act with the EPA last fall, and has been a leader in Congress in protecting safe and clean water in Michigan and across America.