Hill Heat: Richard Burr Introduces Bill To Abolish The EPAScience Policy Legislation Actiontag:www.hillheat.com,2005:TypoTypo2011-05-06T15:48:24-04:00Brad Johnsonurn:uuid:22d2f46e-2900-4208-9844-dea42d563e382011-05-06T15:46:00-04:002011-05-06T15:48:24-04:00Richard Burr Introduces Bill To Abolish The EPA<p>Senate Republicans have introduced legislation to abolish the Environmental Protection Agency. The bill, introduced by Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.), would merge the <span class="caps">EPA</span>, which enforces environmental laws, with the Department of Energy, which manages nuclear energy and energy research, into one department.</p>
In January, <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2011/01/25/newt-epa-abolish/">Newt Gingrich</a> proposed abolishing the <span class="caps">EPA</span>, and several <a href='http://thinkprogress.org/2011/02/17/gop-abolish-epa/'>House Republicans</a> have supported that goal. Burr’s statement announcing his <a href="http://burr.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressOffice.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=c1ba1805-d36e-05b2-1312-7c07e24fa340">bill to eliminate the <span class="caps">EPA</span></a> argues that “duplicative functions” can be eliminated:
<blockquote> U.S. Senator Richard Burr (R-North Carolina) introduced a bill that would <strong>consolidate the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency into a single, new agency called the Department of Energy and Environment</strong> (DOEE). The bill would provide cost savings by combining duplicative functions while improving the administration of energy and environmental policies by ensuring a coordinated approach. </blockquote>
<p>Burr’s bill has fifteen co-sponsors, all of them <a href="http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/climate-zombie-caucus/">deniers</a> of the threat of global warming pollution, a top <span class="caps">EPA</span> priority: Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), John Thune (R-S.D.), John McCain (R-Ariz.), Dan Coats (R-Ind.), Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), John Boozman (R-Ark.), Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), David Vitter (R-La.), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.), Mike Lee (R-Utah).</p><p>Senate Republicans have introduced legislation to abolish the Environmental Protection Agency. The bill, introduced by Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.), would merge the <span class="caps">EPA</span>, which enforces environmental laws, with the Department of Energy, which manages nuclear energy and energy research, into one department.</p>
In January, <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2011/01/25/newt-epa-abolish/">Newt Gingrich</a> proposed abolishing the <span class="caps">EPA</span>, and several <a href='http://thinkprogress.org/2011/02/17/gop-abolish-epa/'>House Republicans</a> have supported that goal. Burr’s statement announcing his <a href="http://burr.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressOffice.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=c1ba1805-d36e-05b2-1312-7c07e24fa340">bill to eliminate the <span class="caps">EPA</span></a> argues that “duplicative functions” can be eliminated:
<blockquote> U.S. Senator Richard Burr (R-North Carolina) introduced a bill that would <strong>consolidate the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency into a single, new agency called the Department of Energy and Environment</strong> (DOEE). The bill would provide cost savings by combining duplicative functions while improving the administration of energy and environmental policies by ensuring a coordinated approach. </blockquote>
<p>Burr’s bill has fifteen co-sponsors, all of them <a href="http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/climate-zombie-caucus/">deniers</a> of the threat of global warming pollution, a top <span class="caps">EPA</span> priority: Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), John Thune (R-S.D.), John McCain (R-Ariz.), Dan Coats (R-Ind.), Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), John Boozman (R-Ark.), Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), David Vitter (R-La.), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.), Mike Lee (R-Utah).</p>