The Trump administration’s plan for draconian EPA budget cuts next year got a chilly reception Wednesday from both Republican and Democratic appropriators.
“I find many of them problematic,” Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), chair of the Senate Interior and Environment Appropriations Subcommittee, told EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin during a hearing on the White House’s fiscal 2026 budget blueprint.
Also of concern, Murkowski added, were his reorganization plans for the agency, as well as grant cancellations and funding freezes.
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Regardless of Americans’ feelings about EPA, she said, “we benefit from its data-driven decisionmaking, the remediation efforts, and the mission to protect human health and environment.”
