House Democrats Press Wheeler For Answers On EPA's Declining Staffing

Democratic appropriators in the House are pressing EPA chief Andrew Wheeler on what he is doing to shore up the agency's workforce, expressing concerns that agency leadership is not maintaining staff at levels allowed by prior funding laws and that staff departures are jeopardizing environmental protection. The workforce concerns surfaced during an April 2 House Appropriations subcommittee hearing on the Trump EPA's fiscal year 2020 budget request, though the proceeding also allowed lawmakers to query Wheeler on an array of...