Welcome congressman calvert. Good afternoon. It is great to be here at the Nixon Library. Jim i want to commend you and hugh hewitt and the entire team for the incredible job what an amazing venue. Seems like it becomes a monthly occurrence to have a cabinet member i think the secret is out maybe a little warm this weekend it would be a whole lot nicer than the weather in washington d. C. Perhaps a good california weather is good for whats joined here today for the 50th anniversary of the epa. After all, one of the reasons californians have been at the forefront of Environmental Protection is because we spend so much time outside enjoying the weather in our beaches, our mountains, and certainly our deserts. 1969 however, an oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara was a wakeup call. That the environment we all love needs to be safeguarded. Around this time. In the late 1960s, polluted rivers in cleveland were literally catching fire. These shocking scenes of oil covered beaches had a c
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 , that is a 409 Million Dollar cut below fy 2020. The request also slashes 100 17 million from the 3 billion we invested in fy 2020 to rebuild our nations crumbling Water Infrastructure. I recently held a listening section ses
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
God shared his grace on thee and ground thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea dark skies and ruined water. Burning rivers. Oil spills. Closed beaches. Silent spring. 20 years ago the wealthiest nation the world had ever known, people who enjoyed a level of private consumption undreamed of in the past found itself awash in environmental squaller. Cars were comfortable, but children couldnt play outside because of smog. Clothes were clean, but bays were choked with sewage, and lakes were slowly dying. A wave of horror swept the nation as we began to realize what we had done to the Natural Systems that supported all life. The Environmental Movement was born. Governments at all levels responded with programs aimed at controlling pollution. But by 1970, it had become obvious further progress would require a Strong National effort. As a result, on december 2nd, 1970, president Richard Nixon consolidated 15 Environmental Programs from across the federal government to form the Unit
Mckinleys turn to be recognized. I want to recognize the gentleman from West Virginia for five minutes. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Thank you, administrator, for coming, participating in this. Over the years we had asked your predecessor no mike is up. Just come here. Now it is back. We had asked your predecessors to come particularly as relates to section 321a, to see the impact some of the regulations were having on in the coal fields and they declined to do that. But i am particularly appreciative of the fact that a week ago or two weeks ago the epa, you sent other folks to West Virginia to get the impact of what these regulations are having. Because it is pretty clear in the statute that we have to abide by the economic impact. We have to take that into consideration when rules and regs are promulgated. They didnt do that. I know you and i have had that conversation, that you want to follow the law very clearly, and i know a federal judge has already ruled that the epa in the past con