Stop any activity without clear current congressional authorization
What the document says“EPA should not conduct any ongoing or planned activity for which there is not clear and current congressional authorization”
The chapter asks for a tiered-down approach to cut costs, reduce full-time equivalent positions and eliminate duplicative programs, and says this shift should be communicated in the President's first budget request.
What the document actually says“EPA should not conduct any ongoing or planned activity for which there is not clear and current congressional authorization”
If Congress has not clearly approved a job, the EPA should not do it.
Congress tells the EPA what work to do. The book says some work was never approved. It says that work should stop.
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