text: Gianforte, Daines to President: Work to Overturn Judge's "Terrible and Far Reaching" Permitting Decision | Congressman Greg Gianforte
  Gianforte, Daines to President: Work to Overturn Judge's "Terrible and Far Reaching" Permitting Decision
  In response to Judge Brian Morris's decision to cancel a permit used for multiple infrastructure projects, Congressman Greg Gianforte (R-Mont.) and U.S. Senator Steve Daines (R-Mont.) today urged President Trump to work to overturn Morris's decision.
  Describing Morris's decision as "terrible and far reaching," Gianforte and Daines wrote in a letter to Trump, "We urge you to use the full resources of your Administration to work to have this overturned in the courts."
  Gianforte and Daines's full letter to President Trump follows and may be found HERE.
  Judge Morris of the US District Court for the District of Montana recently invalidated the Clean Water Act Nationwide Permit 12 (NWP 12) that was issued in 2017 by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). USACE estimates the permit has been used more than 37,000 times since 2017 for numerous infrastructure projects that cross waters of the United States. NWP 12 uses include electrical utility lines, phone and broadband lines, and water and other pipelines. This is a terrible and far reaching decision for Montana and the nation, and we urge you to use the full resources of your Administration to work to have this overturned in the courts.
  Montana and our nation face difficult times. With millions of Americans out of work, and millions more worried about their health and livelihoods, we should be focused on making thing easier, not worse. We urge you to support America's electric, communication and pipeline infrastructure workers. Keep them working and restore the use of the NWP 12 permit.