Sen. Mary Jo White (R-Venango), Majority Chair of the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, responded to the May 12 press release issued by DEP on the Senate Republican budget proposal calling the statement "outrageous and insulting."
"While the Senate-passed budget contains many difficult funding reductions, it is a plan that requires DEP and other state agencies to do what Pennsylvania families and businesses across the state do on a daily basis: live within their means," said Sen. White. "It transfers $100 million from legislative accounts to help fund state programs, including those within DEP, and reduces funding for the legislature by 10%. This builds upon the $18 million transferred from caucus accounts to fund DEP’s Hazardous Sites Cleanup Program after the Governor defunded the program."
Sen. White responded to each of the items DEP Secretary Hanger said were cut. (click here for the full response)
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