Patrick Leahy

But you are going to need more money in these programs to do that. Is that correct?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I thank the panelists. As I mentioned, we have a Judiciary Committee meeting going on two doors away and I am trying to be at both of them.

We appreciate the leadership of Senators Cochran and Leahy, Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Appropriations Committee, to address some of the problems with the current safety net.

I would hope you get a chance to come to Vermont.

I am deeply concerned the ACEP funding drops to $250 million.

I thank the distinguished Democratic leader for his comments. I ascribe to them.

If we vote to add--to continue programs, even if they've been eliminated in the budget you present here, if we pass legislation that continues them, do I have your pledge you will follow what the Congress has done and maintain those…

As some have said, the intent of the administration to actually dismantle the EPA as a Federal agency over the next 4 years.

Your budgets cuts the money. Your budget cuts out the money. Would that hurt the cleanup? It's a simple question.

The EPA budget, as I said before, is really the worst I've seen. I don't think it invests in our future.

Your budget is not what the American people want and deserve.

Clean air and water, and the monitoring and the science that help achieve that, are the real priorities of the American people.

You are choosing not to enforce the laws on the books and are ignoring compelling scientific evidence.

Americans have a right to clean air and clean water. Your proposal undermines that right.

Where we should be doubling down on our investment to protect our environment and curb the effects of climate change, this administration is tearing down the legacies of the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act.

The Trump administration has demonstrated its clear contempt for the vital work done by the Environmental Protection Agency to monitor, protect and preserve our environment.

You are not enforcing laws in the book. You're ignoring compelling scientific evidence.

If you don't like the answers that come from science and monitoring, well, just fire the scientists.

We have a right to clean air and clean water. We accept that as a right in America.

We ought to be doubling down on our investment to protect our environment for the sake of our children and our grandchildren, and curb the effects of climate change.

I'm afraid, Mr. Pruitt, and I enjoyed talking with you earlier this morning, but I think the Trump administration in this budget has demonstrated really contempt for the better work that the Environmental Protection Agency does to monitor…

The administration claims that the fiscal year 2018 proposed budget cuts and eliminations will help your Department streamline its activities in states by reducing inefficient and duplicative programs; however, the greatest impact on…

I will fight for every dollar to get it back that I can.

You can't say, 'Okay, we'll just turn off for a few years those studies and trials...'

It slashes NIH resources by $7.2 billion, 21 percent, the lowest NIH budget since 2002.