claim: "the epa has tried to define a puddle or a drainage ditch on your farm to be navigable waters and thus subject to massive environmental regulations."
author: ted cruz
evidence_1: apr 1, 2016 ... ted cruz says epa tried to regulate puddles and drainage ditches. politifact –  march 31. ted cruz says the environmental protection agency has gone ... on  your farm to be navigable waters and thus subject to massive ... “it is an absurd  assertion,” william l. andreen, university of alabama law professor, ...
evidence_2: "the epa has tried to define a puddle or a drainage ditch on your farm to be  navigable waters and thus subject to massive environmental regulations.".
evidence_3: mar 4, 2017 ... some farmers and ranchers fear the clean water rule could ... a major  regulation published by the environmental protection agency ... body must be to  navigable waters to fall under federal jurisdiction. ... protecting drainage ditches?  ... include agricultural ditches, canals and drainages in the definition of ...
evidence_4: jul 13, 2017 ... trump said that the two nuclear superpowers need to have a good relationship,  but that russia and united states will not always agree. ... cruz said, "the epa  has tried to define a puddle or a drainage ditch on your farm to be navigable  waters and thus subject to massive environmental regulations.
evidence_5: feb 6, 2015 ... both have tried to expand the scope of their regulatory power by issuing rules  that defined “navigable waters” so broadly that ... wet spot – in the country,  including ditches, drains, seasonal puddle-like depressions, ... and infrastructure  committee and the senate environmental and public works committee.