McCarthy Defends EPA Science As Republican Critics Demur On Response

摘要

EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy is strongly defending the validity of the science the agency uses to justify major air rules and other policies from Republican critics' claims of "secret" and flawed scientific data, and it is unclear what next legislative steps House and Senate GOP lawmakers might take in response to address their concerns. A staffer for House Science, Space & Technology Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX), a critic of EPA's "secret science," said recently "there are no updates at this time" on Smith's plans to obtain more data from the agency, despite criticizing limited information in EPA's recent response to a panel subpoena seeking the data.