EPA details EPA headquarters in Washington. “This destructive bill promotes dirty energy, hastens the decline of our ecosystems, and fosters hate and discrimination,” said Pingree. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), ranking member of the Interior and Environment Subcommittee. “House Republicans have proposed an appropriations bill that completely debilitates our response to the climate crisis,” said Rep. Democrats noted that the bill would return EPA to funding levels last seen in 1991.
The GOP plan is far below the nearly $12.1 billion Biden requested. The bill would block funding for the flying of anything other than official flags on property held by Interior, EPA and other agencies covered by the legislation.ĮPA would receive close to $6.2 billion in fiscal 2024, a drastic downsizing of 39 percent, given its current budget of $10.1 billion. It also features some newer arrivals on the culture clash front. The legislation has language to get gray wolves back off the Endangered Species Act list. The package would provide $14.3 billion for Interior, $677 million below fiscal 2023 levels and a sizable $3.4 billion below the Biden administration’s request. “The bill meets the programmatic needs of the agencies,” the committee said, “by reining in spending for low priority programs.” The House Appropriations Committee’s Republicans said the bill pulls back “wasteful Washington spending” by “rightsizing agency funding levels” and “limiting job killing regulations by the EPA.” Republicans, who won the House during last year’s midterm elections, will likely not succeed in pushing through such deep cuts, with Democrats in control of the Senate.
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