Sen. Cruz Applauds Federal Judge's Decision to Strike Down the Obama Admin's Fracking Regulations

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued the following statement, applauding the U.S. District Court of Wyoming for its ruling to strike down the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) fracking rule: 

“Today, a federal court in Wyoming made important progress to rein in President Obama and his army of regulatory bureaucrats,” Sen. Cruz said. “In Texas, we’re blessed to lead the nation in energy production, but this also means our state faces the greatest damage imposed by the administration’s job-killing regulations. As Judge Scott W. Skavdahl rightly observed, this BLM rule defied common sense. ‘Congress has not delegated to the Department of Interior the authority to regulate hydraulic fracturing,’ Judge Skavdahl held. ‘The BLM’s effort to do so…is in excess of its statutory authority and contrary to law.’ I applaud the U.S. District Court of Wyoming for upholding the rule of law and putting a stop to this administration’s egregious pattern of overstepping its constitutional and legal authorities.”

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