Ben Cardin: “Senator Inhofe's amendment will cut money from the Environmental Protection Agency that has already gone through, I…”

“Senator Inhofe's amendment will cut money from the Environmental Protection Agency that has already gone through, I think, three rounds of cuts from sequestration, and then prevents it from carrying out its mission to regulate our environment. It is a very extreme approach. We have already approved the Cardin amendment that establishes the right standards for regulating carbon emissions. I urge my colleagues to reject the Inhofe amendment, and I reserve the remainder of my time.”