Democrats say EPA head’s budget cut proposal ‘reads like climate change deniers’ manifesto’

Lee Zeldin claims before Senate that Trump administration plan will make Environmental Protection Agency ‘more efficient’ Senate Democrats accused the Trump administration of abandoning the Environmental Protection Agency’s mission to protect human health and the environment at a congressional hearing Wednesday, slamming agency leadership over a proposal to cut its budget in half. Lee Zeldin’s appearance before the Senate environment committee was the EPA administrator’s last of three budget ...

By Associated Press