The administration’s 55-percent slash in company spending drew heated objections from Democrats in debates that devolved into shouting matches.
The Trump administration’s proposed $4.2 billion fiscal 12 months 2026 funds for the Environmental Safety Company cuts its spending by 55 p.c, slashes its 15,000-worker employees by no less than a 3rd, rolls again a broad slate of environmental laws, and both rescinds or “claws again” billions in already authorised grant appropriations.
Environmental Safety Company (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin’s two-hour Could 21 listening to earlier than the Senate Setting and Public Works Committee featured heated exchanges, finger-pointing, and name-calling with Democrats over the administration’s plan.