House Democrats seek information on EPA firings

Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee are demanding EPA release information on its past and future plans for mass terminations, expressing “great concern” over the firings’ impacts on EPA’s ability to carry out its core statutory functions and condemning the administration’s “lack of transparency.” The April 14 letter , signed by Reps. Frank Pallone (NJ), Paul Tonko (NY) and Yvette Clarke (NY), says the Trump administration’s “persistent assault on career civil servants threatens public health and will make...