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On the recordJune 26, 2017
The proposal is a stark change from the funding levels provided in the fiscal year 2017 Omnibus and represents a substantially different vision for EPA than we saw in the previous administration, and that is not necessarily a bad thing.
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

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Murkowski discusses the EPA's budget changes and their implications compared to the previous administration.

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