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Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies

Membership

  • Betty McCollum, Ranking Member
  • Chellie Pingree
  • Derek Kilmer
  • Marcy Kaptur

Jurisdiction

  • Department of the Interior (except Bureau of Reclamation and Central Utah Project)
  • Environmental Protection Agency
  • Related Agencies
    • Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
    • Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (HHS) 
    • Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board 
    • Commission of Fine Arts 
    • Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality 
    • Forest Service (USDA) 
    • Indian Health Service 
    • Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development 
    • John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts 
    • National Capital Planning Commission 
    • National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities (except Institute of Museum and Library Services) 
    • National Gallery of Art
    • National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (HHS, formerly EPA/Superfund) 
    • Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation 
    • Presidio Trust 
    • Smithsonian Institution 
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 
    • Eisenhower Memorial Commission 
    • Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Recent Activity

​Appropriations Democrats at Work: Fighting For The People

July 27, 2018 Press Release
Through 12 Committee markups this year, House Appropriations Committee Democrats have offered nearly 150 amendments to stand up for our values and push back on President Trump and the Republicans’ backwards agenda. While Republicans have defeated many of these important amendments, House Democrats have succeeded in forcing important debates and putting Republicans on the record, laying down a marker for the battles that lie ahead.

Lowey floor statement in opposition to FY 2019 Interior, Environment, Financial Services, and General Government Appropriations Act

July 17, 2018 Press Release

Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong opposition to the Interior-Environment and Financial Services and General Government minibus that fails the American people by slashing environmental protection, rolling back consumer protections, and even cutting basic election security funding.

House GOP’s Interior-Environment Appropriations Bill Threatens Human Health, Clean Air and Water

July 17, 2018 Press Release

This week, the House is expected to consider the FY 2019 Interior-Environment appropriations bill as part of a two-bill minibus. This Republican bill puts the health and safety of the American people at risk by slashing critical funding for environmental protection.

Summary of FY 2019 Interior, Environment, Financial Services, and General Government Appropriations Act

July 17, 2018 Press Release
This week, the House is expected to consider the Fiscal Year 2019 Interior-Environment and Financial Services and General Government appropriations bills as a two-bill minibus. These bills cut environmental protection, undermine clean air and water laws, zero out election security grants, roll back consumer protections, and attack women’s health.

McCollum Leads Democrats in Opposing House GOP's Interior-Environment Appropriations Bill

June 6, 2018 Press Release

Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.), Ranking Member of the House Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee, today led House Democrats opposing the fiscal year 2019 Interior-Environment Appropriations bill during the Appropriations Committee’s mark-up of the legislation. House Republicans advanced their bill on a 25-20 vote with all Democrats voting in opposition.

McCollum statement at full committee markup of FY 2019 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill

June 6, 2018 Press Release
I am shocked that Administrator Pruitt has not been removed from President Trump’s cabinet when other Cabinet members were removed for far less egregious abuses. If the Agency’s leadership does not have a moral compass, and President Trump refuses to exercise control, then Congress must step in and protect taxpayers from Administrator Pruitt’s wasteful spending.

Lowey statement at full committee markup of FY 2019 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill

June 6, 2018 Press Release
Once again, the majority has included harmful policy riders aimed at gutting environmental and conservation efforts, including attacks on clean water and air regulations

McCollum statement at subcommittee markup of FY 2019 Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations bill

May 15, 2018 Press Release
Unfortunately, once again the majority proposes to slash the EPA. Even though the proposed reduction is far more restrained than in past years, a $100 million cut is untenable. The cuts target air and water quality programs, and reduce funding to enforce against polluters.

Lowey statement at subcommittee markup of FY 2019 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill

May 15, 2018 Press Release
This is certainly not a bill the Democrats would write, and because of the policy riders and cuts that could jeopardize public health for future generations, we cannot support this bill.

Summary of FY 2018 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill - Committee mark

July 17, 2017 Press Release
The FY 2018 Interior and Environment Appropriations bill would place the health and safety of the American people at risk by slashing critical funding for climate change and environmental enforcement which threatens lives and livelihoods. Ideological policy riders continue the assault on our environment by undermining the Administration’s ability to keep our land, water, and air clean and protect threatened species.

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Subcommittee's Activity in Previous Congress

Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies (114th Congress)
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies (113th Congress)