Despite Spending Caps, EPA’s ‘Highest Budget in History’ Proposes Hiring More Than 2,000
House appropriations panel Republicans say with workforce boost, agency is seeking to sidestep states and expand federal regulatory role. The Biden administration’s $11 billion Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) budget request for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) complies with last July’s Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) in trimming $1 billion from its annual spending plan, yet