Frank Pallone

Last year, Scott Pruitt committed to me and to the public that he would ban methylene chloride.

I think it is unconscionable that we are still importing and using asbestos 40 years after EPA started work on a ban.

I am deeply concerned about the direction of the EPA.

That a budget is an expression of priorities.

A budget is an expression of priorities, and it should be clear to anyone reading the EPA budget proposal that President Trump does not prioritize public health or the environment.

EPA is still hiring industry lobbyists as regulators and that raises red flags on ethics issues.

I am very concerned that EPA's implementation also of the revised Toxic Substances Control Act is leaving workers, children, low-income communities, communities of color, and the general public at an unacceptable risk.

EPA scrapped the sensible carbon reduction requirements in the Clean Power Plan and replaced it with a scam.

With Administrator Wheeler at the helm, EPA has continued to attack science, transparency, and public health.

We do it because it is our job to conduct oversight of the agency on behalf of the American people.

When EPA ignores science in its decision-making, we are essentially ensuring that Americans will be put in unnecessary danger.

Enforcement actions against polluters have reached a 25-year low under this Administration.

This action is so bad, even the power industry opposes it.

Unfortunately, when I look at the past year, it does not seem that EPA has come very far.

A budget is an expression of priorities and it should be clear to anyone reading the EPA budget proposal that President Trump does not prioritize public health or the environment.

The Administrator's recent remark that climate is not a very urgent threat is not supported by science.

There is no excuse for sitting on our hands. We need to be doing much more to reign in emissions, and right now.

We cannot ignore their warning. We have the technology to address this problem.

Taking action on climate will lead to the development of new industries and new jobs.

We will be marking up that legislation tomorrow here in the full committee.

Unfortunately, the Trump administration wants to take us backwards by withdrawing from the Paris Agreement.

State and local government initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas pollution stand in stark contrast to the recent actions by the Trump administration.

The Federal Government must be strong as a partner by expanding the use of clean energy and reducing fossil fuel emissions.

Addressing the climate crisis is not only good policy--it is good business.

The Trump administration denies climate change is happening and continues to push policies that will only make it worse.