No one on this committee wants to see families separated, but to avoid this, we need to take an honest look at the incen...
We expect the EPA to do its job.
the lowest level of penalties assessed to polluters since the EPA created the Office of Enforcement over 20 years ago in...
I appreciate that you sent a memo to your staff saying that we are going to robustly enforce the laws.
I also understand the inspections, which are key to EPA's enforcement efforts, are the lowest they have been in a decade...
We haven't gotten any of the information.
They can't do it in a vacuum.
opening statement
How many investigators is the EPA required to have under the law?
Make no mistake, there is a crisis on our Southern border, one created by Congress' unwillingness to act and perpetrated...
the total number of civil cases it initiated is the lowest since 1982.
the number of cases it referred to the Department of Justice, the lowest since 1976.
the total number of facilities that the EPA inspected last year is the lowest since 1994.
I am concerned with three things: Have the corrections employed made a difference? What further actions are needed? And ...
This combined joint hearing is really important, so I am glad that we are having it.
I want to ensure that their successors are equally equipped to withstand the imperatives of operational pressures when t...
We all recognized too late that Naval Surface Forces, especially forward-deployed ships, were being run too hard.
We expect that in a timely fashion. I am sure you can do that.
