Thread by @Jules31415

Lee Zeldin SCORCHES Democrat Rosa DeLauro when she loses it over the EPA's budget proposal, claiming it "reads like a climate change denier's manifesto" and screeches that climate change is "flooding our streets" and "poisoning our air":

Zeldin: "Following the law...Where does it say anything about fighting global climate change? Loper Bright, Supreme Court case. You familiar with it?"

DeLauro: "N-, no, maybe others are. I'm not."

Zeldin: "But that's really important. As a member of Congress, Loper Bright says that we, as an agency, don't have the authority to get creative if Section 202 of the Clean Air Act-"

DeLauro: "No, no...YOU DO NOT HAVE A RIGHT TO SAY CLIMATE CHANGE DOES NOT EXIST; THAT IT'S A HOAX! And that is where this administration is coming from!"

Zeldin: "I understand you're upset that you don't know what Loper Bright is. Do you know what the Major Policies Doctrine is?"

DeLauro: "I'm upset because...Lemme just say this to you!"

Zeldin: "You're a member of Congress; you should know...You're very defensive about not knowing the two biggest landmark Supreme Court cases of the last year with regards to your question..."

DeLauro: "You're here because you need money from us! SO HALT FOR THE SECOND AND WAIT FOR THE QUESTIONS AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS!"

Zeldin: "Well, I answered your question and you didn't like my answer because you don't know what Loper Bright is, because you don't know the Major Policies Doctrine is. You're asking me about Section 202 of the Clean Air Act, and you don't read it. You don't know what it says...I actually read the law. I do my homework. You're just somebody who likes to have the microphone on. You know what I have to do? I read the law; I read the Supreme Court cases...You care about science; now you're threatening to defund it?"

Brilliant job, EPA Administrator! 👏

The proposed budget would slash the EPA's budget by more than half (~52%), to $4.2 billion in fiscal year 2027.

whitehouse.gov/wp-content/upl…

“The Budget continues the full elimination of EPA’s radical diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and instead restores civil rights protections for all Americans. This elimination puts an end to taxpayer funded programs that promote divisive racial discrimination and so-called “environmental justice” grants to organizations that advance discriminatory and radical ideological projects. By eliminating this program, the Budget finally puts an end to wasteful spending on grants including: Environmental justice into vacant lot management; Latinx workshops on environmental justice; tiny homes for immigrants; educating refugee communities on fish consumption; collecting, repackaging, and distributing reused food; installing garden beds in parkways; and developing school curriculum on woke topics like “climate change” and the alleged injustices it creates.”

“The Budget puts an end to unrestrained research grants, woke environmental justice work, radical climate research, and skewed, overly-precautionary modeling that influences regulations—none of which are authorized by law...Previously this program funded unrestrained and wasteful research grants to: Address “Hispanic environmental justice”; create a climate change equity tracker; and create an “energy-justice model” for freight vehicle electrification.”

It would also eliminate LGBTQIA+ workshop events, Black and Hispanic Engineer conventions, and “culturally appropriate” fish-consumption communication.

...Among many other things.