Montana Conservation Voters Statement on Congressman Rehberg’s Vote for Dirty Water Act in U.S. House

BILLINGS – Montana Conservation Voters Executive Director Theresa Keaveny issued the following statement on Rep. Denny Rehberg’s vote for dirty water legislation (H.R. 2018), which passed in the U.S. House today 239-184. The legislation attacks the Clean Water Act’s ability to protect our nation’s drinking water and public health by undermining vital safeguards. If enacted into law, this bill would take America back to a time before the Clean Water Act when there were no minimum national clean water standards to protect our rivers, lakes, streams and other waterways from harmful, dangerous pollution.  

“With tens of thousands of gallons of oil polluting the Yellowstone River, there is simply no excuse for Congressman Rehberg to undermine vital protections that provide safe drinking water and clean waterways for Montanans. In doing so, he once again demonstrates that he is more interested in siding with the corporate special interests that fund his campaigns than with the people he supposedly represents in Congress.”