I want to be clear. Congressional funding and inclusion in the annual appropriations bill is congressional oversight of the EPA. That is what Chairman Simpson, I, and the other members of the committee do every year so there is oversight of the EPA, and it is congressionally authorized funding. Mr. Chair, I oppose this amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.
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