LAWMAKERS ECHO EPA PANEL IN BID TO SECURE BORDER INFRASTRUCTURE BANK

Lawmakers from U.S.-Mexico border states are backing calls by an EPA advisory panel to continue supporting an international development bank created to fund infrastructure projects that minimize border pollution, amid calls by leading candidates in Mexico's upcoming presidential election and U.S. Treasury officials to reduce funding. Seven lawmakers from border states sent a letter June 21 to the Treasury Department encouraging continued department support for the North American Development Bank (NADB), which was created in a side accord to the...