$7.3B EPA budget is part of right-sized federal budget
Whitman today praised the President’s budget. “We will be able to build on the premise that environmental protection and economic prosperity should go hand in hand,” said Whitman. “And we will have the resources to base decisions on sound science.” The
proposed budget for EPA is $7.3 billion, which is $56 million more than the previous Administration’s 2001 request. “Thanks to the elimination of some unrequested earmarks, there is a change from last year’s enacted budget,” Whitman remarked. “The core
of EPA’s regulatory, research and enforcement activities is in its operating program, which is funded at $3.7 billion, the second highest level in EPA history.“
Whitman said of the President’s budget, ”It will leave more money in the pockets of
hard-working Americans, and stimulate the economy. It protects Social Security and Medicare while it pays down the debt and protects the surplus. But it also funds the government at a workable level and implements priority programs.“
Source: EPA Press Release, “Budget”
Feb 28, 2001
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