Congressional Democrats fired back Wednesday at EPA proposals to slash environmental regulations and gut the agency’s main research arm.
House Science, Space and Technology Committee Democrats issued new demands in response to EPA’s proposed reduction-in-force plan, which they reviewed last week.
It proposes to eliminate the agency’s Office of Research and Development as a national program office and lay off a majority — between 50 and 70 percent — of its 1,540 employees, according to the lawmakers.
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The plan has not been finalized, but if implemented, it would dovetail neatly with EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin’s stated goals of significantly reducing EPA’s budget, reducing its reliance on climate science and curtailing its regulatory agenda.
