I am a parent of two young…

I am a parent of two young children. I am concerned for their futures - for the unstable climate they will face, for the food insecurity that will result from building over farmland. Deforestation will speed the climate crisis.

Portions of this bill will put waterways in jeopardy and affect the supply of clean drinking water available. No business is worth the cost if it makes it impossible to live safely on the Earth.

The protections that exist in law for forests and ecosystems, for farmlands, for waterways and wetlands exist for good reason. Conserving what we have so that we can continue to rely on it should be a cornerstone of "conservatism".

Our drinking water is not a toy or a political prop. Water and farmland is the very basis of life. Don't recklessly throw it away.