Obama's Plan To Offset EPA FY17 Boost With SRF Cut Prompts Push-Back

President Obama's proposal to boost EPA's budget by roughly $130 million to $8.27 billion in fiscal year 2017 by offsetting spending increases with a $411 million cut to the agency's clean water state revolving fund (SRF) is prompting push-back from a top Republican senator who says the fund is vital to address water disasters like those in Flint, MI. In FY17 budget documents released Feb. 9, Obama calls on Congress to boost the agency's enacted FY16 funding of $8.14 billion...