Topic - Sheldon Whitehouse

Ahead of Tuesday's vote, Whitehouse said on the Senate floor that the resolution “would deny clean air protections to the American people with particular harm to American children whose lungs and brains, still developing, are most vulnerable to the effects of these pollutants.”

Trump sent a resolution by Congress ending Biden-era emissions cleanup rule →

Routine expenditures such as small-scale grants for air and water quality monitoring, laboratory equipment purchases, hazardous waste disposal at federal sites and money for municipal recycling programs are among spending that will probably be affected, he said.

Spending items over $50,000 need approval from DOGE according to new EPA guidance →