Top Biden Advisor Seeks CEQ, OMB Oversight Of Justice40 Spending

A top White House advisor is urging lawmakers to provide increased resources to the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and Office of Management & Budget (OMB) to ensure they can scrutinize how EPA and other agencies implement the Biden administration’s just-announced environmental justice spending initiative. “We feel strongly that CEQ would be adequately resourced and charged with the lead responsibility and oversight of Justice40. Also, OMB should receive resources to monitor and track investments that must be filled to meet...