Leahy, approps committee grill Pruitt on EPA budget proposal

Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., explains how federal budget cuts could hurt the state’s environmental programs at a press conference in Burlington. Photo by Anne Galloway/VTDiggerSen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., pressed the chief of the Environmental Protection Agency for details about funding cuts that would dramatically reduce federal support for the cleanup of Lake Champlain at a Senate hearing Tuesday.
Vermont’s senior senator grilled EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt on the Trump administrati