House GOP Weighs Brownfields Cuts As Democrats Fear Cleanup Delays

Some congressional Republicans appear skeptical of maintaining funding levels for EPA’s traditionally bipartisan brownfields program, as Democrats warn that President Donald Trump’s proposed 55 percent cuts to the agency will hamstring the program’s efforts to clean and redevelop contaminated areas. “In November, the American people spoke loud and clear,” Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA), chair of the House transportation committee’s Water Resources and Environment subcommittee, told a May 7 hearing on the brownfields law, which expires this year. “First of all,...