Wheeler testify before House Appropriations subcommittee on the agencies 21 2021 budget request. Several asked the epas effort to police and regulate what our call forever chemicals. A subcommittee chair opened the hearing. Wi good morning this hearing will come to order. Today is the day that we are going to do the interior environment subcommittee and examine the president s fiscaleat year 2021 budget request for the admire Environmental Protection agency. Officer welc administrator andrew wheeler, with him is david bloom. Welcome to both of you. The fiscal year 2021, the president s request of 6. 66 billion dollars for the epa isy a 27 cut below f why 2020 and active level of 9. 06 billion dollars. This request from the president seeks to undo all the progress we were able to achieve on a broad we bipartisan basis in te fy 2020. For example, request eliminates the pro 39 million in new fundg we provided to the epa to address requests regarding climate and Energy Funding grants by 47
Immediately report for duty. The messages say the recipients will be headed to iran and threaten them with jail time if they dont contact their local recruitment office. They even include the name of the recruiter. Of course, these texts are fake and could be part of a more elaborate scam. Catherine herridge has the stor reporter the army is investigating the texts. They appear to start on monday. They dont have a source or motive, but the scam seems designed to capitalize on the conflict with iran. Imagine getting a text that threatens jail time. If you fail to report to a Recruitment Center to be drafted into the u. S. Military. Got me really nervous because im still in high school. Reporter 18yearold George Barnes received this text that read youve been marked eligible and must report to the nearest branch for immediate departure to iran. Except military drafts ended after the vietnam war. Have a completely volunteer armed force. Reporter and were abolished by congress in 1973, maki
States. What is it . First, we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. This was a good thing for the entire world, and we are urging everyone in the world to get behind what the United States is trying to do, to get the Islamic Republic of iran to behave like a normal nation. Iran vows to retaliate after a u. S. Air strike. That was a new chapter which is tantamount to opening a war against iran. I am ready and prepared to take whatever action is necessary. That inarticular refers to iran. Reporter u. S. Senators are back in washington, d. C. , making plans for president trumps impeachment trial. Their turn is over. Thrive done enough damage. Its the senates turn now. Reporter extraordiry images from australia. The country is bracing for what could be the most catastrophic day yet this bush fire season. Reporter everybody is watching and nervously waiting to see what these blazes are going to do, how hard theyre going to do, and trying to be as re
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