your proposed eliminations of the NOAA National Sea Grant Program and the NOAA Coastal Zone Management Grant Program may not be a surprise, but combined with significant decreases to NOAA climate research and NIST, these cuts are dangerous.

Why in the world would we impede research to help us understand and prepare for the havoc our changing environment could wreak on our communities in both lives and treasure?

the budget's elimination of the Economic Development Administration, which helps struggling communities, does not make any sense.

investments in scientific and environment advancements that keep our coastal zones and marine wildlife safe also have an important economic impact.

That is right.

Without this Federal assistance, I would like to know how many congressionally-designated National Heritage Areas will be self-sustaining.

The budget proposes to eliminate the Endocrine Disruptors Program.

I will not support an interior environment appropriations committee that funds the EPA below the 2017 current level.

The Fiscal Year 2018 budget request for EPA is a disaster.

Climate change has manifested as catastrophic events that threaten our national security and the livelihoods of American families.

By ignoring the threat of climate change, this Administration is breaking its promise to protect American lands for generations to come.