Senators' Opposition To EPA FY16 Budget Cuts May Spur Fight With House

March 4, 2015
Democratic and Republican senators are opposing EPA's proposed fiscal year 2016 budget cuts to major accounts including its clean water state revolving fund (SRF) and at least one GOP senator is calling for maintaining existing overall agency funding levels, setting up a clash with the House that is seeking to cut EPA's budget. At a March 4 Senate Environment & Public Works Committee (EPW) hearing, several senators who pushed back on some of the proposed funding cuts nevertheless also faulted...


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