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Daines Lauds Supreme Court Ruling that Reins in Government Overreach and Returns Private Property Rights to Citizens 

“In Montana Whiskey is for Drinkin’, Water is for Fightin’” To watch Daines’ remarks, click HERE. U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today delivered the following remarks at the weekly Republican Senate Leadership press conference praising the Supreme Court’s decision that rightfully puts landowners back in charge of their own land. Last week, the Supreme Court unanimously sided with private property owners Michael and Chantell Sackett in Sackett vs. the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and narrowed the scope of the federal government’s regulatory authority under the Clean Water Act. “Understandably, there’s been a lot of talk about the debt ceiling negotiations and the battle going on here on Capitol Hill. But