White House Plans To Seek 5 Percent Cut To EPA's Fiscal Year 2020 Budget

摘要

A top White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) official says the Trump administration will seek a 5 percent cut to EPA's overall budget and other non-defense discretionary spending in its upcoming fiscal year 2020 appropriations request, teeing up a fight with Congressional leaders who have balked at past attempts to cut those funds. In a Feb. 25 article for Real Clear Politics, Deputy OMB Director Russ Vought writes that the White House will release its FY20 budget request "in the coming weeks," and that it will include broad cuts to discretionary spending paired with defense increases.