Murkowski Leads Review of the EPA Budget Request for FY2017 (US Senate Committee on Appropriations)

(Source: US Senate Committee on Appropriations) 04.20.16 WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, today led a review of the FY2017 budget request for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy testified on behalf of the administration at the hearing. The following is Murkowski's opening statement, as prepared for delivery: I would like to welcome everyone to today's hearing in the Interior Appropriations Subcommittee. We are here to examine the Fiscal Year 2017 budget request for the Environmental Protection Agency. Administrator McCarthy - I...