Will you commit to heeding this subcommittee's direction on staffing changes, including potential office closures or moves and major staff reductions, instead of prejudging congressional action?

There is real bipartisan--there is a bipartisan sweet spot on this issue if we can get the information from you and then try to move forward with some legislation.

EPA is charged with reviewing and reporting on this issue, but has failed to produce the required reports.

I need your assurance that EPA is going to take a comprehensive look at chemicals and their impacts on public health and the environment, not a limited review focused solely on uses that help shield chemical companies from regulation of…

the budget request before us today is downright offensive.

These cuts are not an attempt to rein in spending; they are intentional steps to undermine science and ignore environmental and public health realities.

One of the first acts as EPA Administrator was to revoke the food tolerances for chlorpyrifos, a pesticide linked to brain damage and to worker and bystander poisonings.

I would just ask on the question that Senator Van Hollen asked with regard to the website that was taken down by the Administrator.

I would urge you on the available science and data to act quickly.

we owe it to the Navajo Nation, the Navajo people, and others harmed by this spill to ensure that they are compensated for business losses and property damage they've suffered.

It's critical to the health of those living downstream from the Gold King Mine.

How do you expect the States to do more and then cut their budgets 45 percent?