This administration has cut the Interior Department budget over the last 6 to 7 years by 16 percent. It has cut EPA by 29 percent. It has cut the Forest Service by 35 percent. It is devastating these agencies, and this amendment would add to that devastation. What we are doing is adding 4.3 percent to try to turn the corner, to try to bring these agencies back.
Discussing budget cuts to environmental agencies during a House debate.
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