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Representative Jason Smith (R-MO) offered an amendment to H.R. 5538, the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017, which would zero out funding for EPA’s Air, Climate and Energy Research Program. This scientific research program seeks to better understand the harmful impacts of air pollutants and climate change as well as evaluate and improve approaches toward reducing those pollutants. Defunding this research program would hobble our understanding of the hazards and threats that we face, along with how best to improve Americans’ health and reduce the harmful impacts of climate change. On July 12, the House rejected the Smith amendment by a vote of 208-217 (House roll call vote 425). NO IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE.
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