House Democrats are sending a message that they view deep budget cuts at the Environmental Protection Agency as a non-starter
The Democrat-led House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday released a draft funding bill for Interior, Environment and related agencies for fiscal year 2020 that rejects proposed cuts at EPA outlined in President Donald Trump's most recent budget. Trump's budget proposal called for cutting EPA funding by 31% -- bringing it down to $6.1 billion from its fiscal year 2019 level of roughly $8.8 billion. The House funding bill released on Tuesday calls for EPA to be funded at a level of $9.
The House bill will be subject to changes as soon as Wednesday when it is taken up for consideration in a subcommittee. The Senate Appropriations Committee has not yet released its version of the Interior and Environment funding bill for fiscal year 2020. Read MoreThe bill is another example, however, of congressional Democrats pushing back on budget requests made by the President and gives Democrats an opportunity to draw further contrasts with the White House.
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