Josh Harder: “Frankly, if grades were any worse than F, we would have gone all the way to Z.”

During that 4 years, while EPA was reviewing what we do to improve our air quality, more than 4,000 adults had their lives cut short by poor air quality just in our region.

Every single environmental advocate, every single farmer in our district is on board with this effort.

I was shocked and devastated and disappointed to see that the proposed budget that we are talking about today cuts the nutria eradication budget by almost 61 percent.

Thank you all so much for your time and your testimony, and the hard work you do every day, and we will do our best to support you.