U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) learned on Monday that his push for language in the Financial Services and General Government spending bill to essentially de-fund the Flood Risk Management Plan was successful, as the Senate Appropriations Committee advanced the legislation, with his wording intact, to the full Senate for consideration.
“The federal government should work for the American people – not the other way around,” Blunt, himself a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said. “The Obama administration’s order overreaches into flood-risk negotiations between Missouri’s small businesses, local governments and private-property owners, impacting projects receiving federal funding in the flood plain. I’m pleased this language was included in the committee-passed bill, and I’ll keep working to protect Missourians from burdensome regulations and make government more transparent and accountable.”
The senator wrote the language to de-fund the Flood Risk Management Plan in the measure. Earlier this year, Blunt joined his colleagues in questioning the legality of the executive order from President Obama that set the standards for reducing flood risk.
Blunt’s provision, in its entirety, reads as follows: “None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, carry out, modify, revise or enforce Executive Order 13690 (entitled Establishing a Federal Flood Risk Management Standard and a Process for Further Soliciting and Considering Stakeholder Input).”