Lawmakers Vow to Stop Trump's EPA Cuts
- Environmental Protection Agency budget facing 31 percent cut
- Lawmakers tell EPA’s Pruitt proposed cuts won’t survive
In this Aug. 14, 2015 file photo, water flows through a series of sediment retention ponds built to reduce heavy metal and chemical contaminants from the Gold King Mine wastewater accident, in the spillway about 1/4 mile downstream from the mine, outside Silverton, Colo.
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President Donald Trump’s plan to slash spending on the Environmental Protection Agency was blasted by lawmakers, as Republicans and Democrats took turns telling the agency’s head that proposed budget cuts were unlikely to survive in Congress.
"These are all proposals we are unlikely to retain," said Representative Ken Calvert, the Republican chairman of the House Appropriations subcommittee in charge of the agency’s budget.