McCollum Statement on Trump Administration Plan To Radically Alter and Cut EPA

Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.), the Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee that funds the Environmental Protection Agency, released the following statement after media reports disclosed details of the Trump administration’s “agency action plan” for the EPA:

“The Trump administration’s secret plan for the Environmental Protection Agency would radically alter the agency into one that protects the profits of polluters and forsakes the public health of the American people.

“Gutting enforcement of our nation’s environmental laws and cutting nearly $1 billion from the EPA’s budget means that our rivers and streams would become more polluted and our air would become more toxic. Ending climate change initiatives would threaten the very future of our Earth. Attacking scientific research at the EPA would open another front in the Trump administration’s emerging war on facts and science.

“I will strongly oppose President Trump’s attack on the EPA, which puts the lives and health of American families at risk now and threatens to destroy the environment for future generations. Democrats and Republicans must come together to defend clean air, clean water, and the health of our planet. ”