House GOP Eyes EPA Budget Cuts, Regulatory Reform For FY17 Agenda

As House lawmakers prepare to craft fiscal year 2017 appropriations legislation for EPA, the Republican party's conservative wing is pushing an aggressive regulatory and fiscal agenda that includes major EPA budget cuts and a slew of regulatory reform legislation that would narrow agencies' ability to craft and enforce new rules. The Republican Study Committee (RSC), a legislative caucus of conservative House GOP members, released a slate of FY17 policy proposals April 22, and urged House leadership to take up legislation...