House Committee Demands “Some Damn Data” Over Clean-Water, Coal-Ash Rollbacks

President Trump has made his ambivalence, or even disdain, for science clear in regards to the environment. Throughout the hearing, DeFazio and other Democrats took Ross and Trump's E.P.A. to task for making factually unsound regulatory decisions and, in doing so, putting the American public at risk. "You people have the gall to dismantle half a century of progress," DeFazio added, with a raised hand pointed at Ross. Congresswoman Grace Napolitano told Ross at another point, "I can only imagine how much polluters love what you're doing."