Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-ME) at an Event in Portland Several Years Ago.
Meanwhile Trump is Preoccupied with His Ballroom, Renovating the Reflecting Pool and Nothing That has to do With Improving the Lies of Americans Because he has stated Publicly: He doesnot think about the Financial Stability of Americans. Constituents are Concerned About.
Today, House Republicans advanced the fiscal year 2027 Interior, Environment and Related Agencies funding bill out of the full committee. Instead of lowering the cost of living and confronting the climate crisis, House Republicans are raising utility bills and energy prices. The legislation takes an aggressive anti-envronment, pro-corporate polluter stance with cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and policy provisions that endanger public healh and fail to confront the climate crisis. The bill also guts resources for the arts and museums while failing to prevent the administration from misusing funds to build President Trump’s Garden of Heroes and Triumphal Arch.
The fiscal year 2027 Interior, Evironment and Related Agencies bill includes $39 billion which is $675 million below the fiscar year 2026 enacted level and $7.4 billion above the budget request.
The legislation:
RAISES UTILITY BILLS: by shifting costs onto state and local governments and making electricity more expensive through funding cuts and policies that would cripple renewable energy development.
WORSENS THE CLIMATE CRISIS: by curring critical Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) work,
SLASHES FUNDING FOR NATIONAL PARKS: cutting facility operations and maintenance by $169 million, threatening Americans ability to enjoy public lands.
GUTS RESOURCES FOR MUSEUMS, ARTS AND CULTURE: suppressing Americans’ engagement with the arts and art education,
FAVORS POLLUTERS OVER PUBLIC HEALTH: through harmful policies that undermine EPA’s ability to regulate pollution.
EXPLOITS PUBLIC LANDS AND ACCELERATES ECOSYSTEM DECLINE: by allowing harmful and dirty mining activities and by removing Endangered Species Act protections for numerous species.
“This bill shortchanges the very programs our communities rely on to protect clean air and water, maintain our national parks, support local arts and cultural institutions and address the climate crisis,” Interior, Enviroment and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee Ranking Member Chellie Pingree (D-ME-01) said. “Instead of meeting those basic responsibilities, Republicans are advancing deep cuts to the EPA, the National Park Services, the NEA and NEH, and renewable energy programs while loading the bill with extreme poison pill riders. At the same time, they are sitting back and allowing the President to raid public resources for vanity projects like his gilded ballroom, Triumphal Arch, and so-called Garden of Heroes. As written, this bill prioritizes Trump’s ego and partisan politics over the environment and well-being of the Amercan people,” said Congresswoman Pingree.