Michael Regan

I think we have to follow the science, but I also think we have to follow the law, and we have to approve plans that we know are not vulnerable to litigation.

We are very focused on it in a voluntary way.

We need the staff to do that, and we can't do that with Reagan era numbers.

It would set it back significantly... there are a lot of communities in this country in 2023 that just don't have access to clean drinking water.

These cuts could set our success back years, threatening the sustainability of water systems that thousands of people rely on.

There are some of my Republican colleagues who are calling out to cut the 2024 budget to the 2022 level.

People of color and historically underserved communities are hardest hit when disasters of all kinds strike.

I am proud that in the 2023 bill we passed in December, we strengthened the EPA's ability to serve American families.

I believe President's Biden's budget represents a brighter vision of the future for our Nation, all of our Nation, from coast to coast.

I have heard the stories; I have seen with my own eyes the struggle many families have for clean air and clean water.

We try to strike that balance to understand that everybody is not satisfied, but we are trying to follow the law, follow the science.

Absolutely. We know that the Clean Water Act requires that we protect and not degrade our stream and our wetlands.

Eighty-five percent of the budget request goes to our States, our Tribes, our local governments.

I believe that Justice40 is perfectly aligned with the traditional construct of this program.

It will be tremendous. You know, I believe as a former state regulator, that states know their communities quite well.

It is absolutely imperative that we have additional research into this chemical compound, and into the technologies, that will deter this from entering our bodies.

This is an issue that plagues this country, and it is our job to be sure that every single person in this country has access to clean air clean water.

We have made a lot of strides in environmental justice, I am proud of our environmental justice record.

They have to put together a work plan that's going to be very prescriptive in terms of all of the cleanup, how they'll do it, and the radius of that cleanup. They also have to explain to us how they'll pay for it.

I think there needs to be a focus on making sure that there are the same level of wages and benefits.

We are going to see the worker impact of the infrastructure law go throughout the entire length of the law.

The President started off on the strongest note, with the Worker Organizing and Empowerment Task Force.

I view the actions that were taken by this committee and by Congress to improve safety for operators, I view them as a first step.

The president’s vision around mitigating the climate crisis and preparing for the future in an adaptive way is really intertwined into these resources that we have at our fingertips.

It’s our job to be sure that every person in Jackson has access to good-quality drinking water.