04-19-2017, 12:45 AM
Quote:Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz introduced a bill Friday (H.R.861) to abolish the EPA, but Democratic congressional staff told Business Insider that they don't expect the bill to go anywhere. Gaetz, along with cosponsors Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Steven Palazzo of Mississippi, and Barry Loudermilk of Georgia, is associated with the Tea Party wing of the Republican Party. In an interview with the Northwest Florida Daily News, Gaetz said the EPA's rules and regulations designed to protect the environment actually hurt people and that the agency has "violated the sovereignty of the states."Democrats aren't worried about a GOP bill to abolish the EPA - Business Insider