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Trump again targets EPA with 'punishing' budget cuts

Federal Times: The president’s 2019 budget proposal calls for many of the sharp cuts to Environmental Protection Agency personnel and programs that it requested in the 2018 budget proposal, which were struck down by Congress, according to a Feb. 20, 2018, Environmental Protection Network report.

“The damage inflicted on EPA by the Trump proposed budget for the fiscal year 2019 would be more punishing than for any other federal agency — slashing EPA’s budget by 26 percent from 2017. The impacts would be felt by families and communities across America,” the report said.

“The proposal echoes the administration’s FY 18 budget (except for increases to the Superfund program) and is likely, as it was last year, to be superseded by Congress. But by repeatedly suggesting cuts of this magnitude, it normalizes the expectation that EPA’s budget should be reduced dramatically.”

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