Senate Environment Committee Chairman Capito Issues Opening Statement at Hearing on FY 2027 Budget Request for EPA
May 05, 2026
May 05, 2026
WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following opening statement from an April 29, 2026, hearing on the fiscal 2027 budget request for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency:
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"I want to gavel in, and I want to say good afternoon to the Administrator.
Administrator Zeldin, I would have come down to shake your hand, but we're running a lit . . .
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"I want to gavel in, and I want to say good afternoon to the Administrator.
Administrator Zeldin, I would have come down to shake your hand, but we're running a lit . . .