Host that does it for todays washington journal. The American Enterprise institute is hosting epa administrator andrew weaver. That conversation is beginning now. Administrator we were, he will have some opening remarks and then i will have questions. You can ask questions to pitch as you can see on our event page and or youtube page, and questions on twitter at hashtags airandwater. First, his opening remarks. Admin. Wheeler i want to thank aei for inviting me to be here today. Month, i provided reflections on the past 50 years of the amber mental Protection Agency and laid out a plan for its future at the nixon library. Today i would like to explain based on what we have accomplished over the past 40 years, how we are going to get to this future. It is incontrovertible that today, the environment is in better shape under President Trump than we found it. Air pollution in this country has fallen 7 . Manyyear, the apa delisted superfund sites. And we will ddelist another 27 this year.
Remarks and then i will ask questions. You can submit questions as well. But first your opening remarks. Welcome. Thank you for the introduction but i want to welcome aei for inviting me to be here today earlier this month i have reflections on the last 50 years of the epa and laid out our plan for its future at the Nixon Library. Today i would like to explain based on what we have accomplished over the past four years how we will get to this future. It is incontrovertible today the environment is in better shape under President Trump and we found it. Since 2017 air pollution in this country has fallen 7 percent. Last year superfund sites the most in a single year since 2001 and b will list another 27 this year the epa is trying to finance more than 40 billion of clean Water Infrastructure supporting 7100 projects and 27000 jobs during President Trumps first term and they have recovered more criminal and civil appointees them the Obama Biden Administration did and their first term. The
The administrator of the United States Environmental Protection agency andrew wheeler, this marks the Fiftieth Anniversary of president nixons creation of the epa. The epas work he paralyzes the challenges of modern administration, challenges of expertise and democrat accountability, regulatory responses, rules of law, government power and conservation and innovation, discuss the epas mission, its record in the road ahead, opening remarks and have some questions. You can have questions on the event page and our youtube page. By email to elaine. Alan. Epa. Org. Welcome. Thank you for inviting me to be here today. I provide reflections of the past 50 years of the Environmental Protection agency and layout plans for its future. Today i would like to explain based on what we accomplished over the last few years. It is incontrovertible that today the environment is in better shape under donald trump and we found it. Since 2017 air pollution has fallen 7 . Last year epa delisted 27 sites, th
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