"The purpose of the EPA, literally, this is why the EPA exists, is to regulate, study and understand how modifications to the environment impact human health and the environment," said New Mexico Rep. Melanie Stansbury, the ranking Democrat on the subcommittee.
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The verbal scrum started in earnest when Rep. Melanie Stansbury, New Mexico Democrat, said Republicans only took up these policy issues in light of Mr. Trump’s federal surge of law enforcement authorities and National Guard troops into the District last month.
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