State Rep. David Martin, Republican vice chair of the House Natural Resources Committee, released the following statement after Democrats were unable to push Senate Bills 393-394 out of committee on Thursday:

“In her rush to relinquish environmental decision-making to unelected bureaucrats, the committee chair either forgot to do the math or doesn’t understand basic House rules. Either way, I’m glad this ill-conceived legislation will be held up in committee a bit longer.

“Decisions regarding environmental regulations should made with the full transparency and participation from those who are impacted the most. The bills the Democrats are pushing would take away the voices of people throughout Michigan and hand decisions about their communities and their future over to the unelected bureaucrats at EGLE.”

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