“It is disappointing, but not surprising, that the EPA failed to meet the House Science Committee’s reasonable deadline in turning over documents pertaining to the Gold King Mine spill,” said Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX). “These documents are essential to the Committee’s ongoing investigation and our upcoming hearing on Sept. 9. But more importantly, this information matters to the many Americans directly affected in western states, who are still waiting for answers from the EPA.”
Smith – who frequently spars with the EPA – is chairman of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee. EPA director Gina McCarthy has been asked to appear and answer questions about the agency’s role in creating a 3-million-gallon toxic spill into Colorado’s Animas River on Aug. 5. Critics say McCarthy and the EPA have been unresponsive, secretive and unsympathetic toward millions of people who live in three states bordering the river.
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The EPA can be removed by congress.
ReplyDeleteWhat do you expect from the most transparent administration?
ReplyDeleteHopefully, the next republican president will eliminate the EPA, DOE, and USED (education was much better when controlled by the individual states - we led the world and went to the moon in the 50's through 70's)!
ReplyDeleteBAN the EPA NOW...
ReplyDeleteWhen are these failures gonna be held accountable???
ReplyDeleteGood! Expose them & then get rid of their sorry butts!
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