New regulations will hurt farmers

By [Congressman] Joe Pitts, Guest Columnist

From the WEST CHESTER DAILY LOCAL NEWS:

… Running a family farm is hard, but now the federal government wants to make it even harder.…

The new regulations would put a number of new requirements on farmers whenever their vehicle travels along, or even just across, a public road. When you think about Pennsylvania farms, you realize that many of them, especially in our area, have roads running through them. Here are just some of the new regulations farmers would have to comply with….

Government certainly has responsibility to ensure safety and clean air, but I believe many new regulations go too far and are not supported by elected officials. I don’t want to see government regulators shut down our farms …

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