WASHINGTON D.C. – Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairman Lamar Smith and Environment Subcommittee Chairman Chris Stewart issued a subpoena to the Environmental Protection Agency, forcing the agency to release the secret science it uses as the basis for costly air regulations.
Over the past two years, the Committee has repeatedly requested the data the agency uses to justify virtually every Clean Air Act regulation proposed and finalized by the Obama administration. This was the first congressional subpoena the Science Committee has issued in 21 years.
A copy of the subpoena can be found here.
Smith said:
In September 2011, the EPA’s then-Assistant Administrator Gina McCarthy committed to make the data sets available to the Committee. Even though Ms. McCarthy now leads the agency, she has yet to provide the promised data to the Committee.
This subpoena could have been avoided. Unfortunately, we’ve been put in this position by an agency that willfully disregards congressional requests and makes its rules using undisclosed data. After two years of failing to respond, it’s clear that the EPA is not going to give the American people what they deserve—the truth about regulations.
The EPA should not base its regulations on secret data. By denying the Committee’s request, the agency prevents Congress from fulfilling its oversight responsibilities and denies the American people the ability to verify EPA’s claims. The EPA’s lack of cooperation contributes to the suspicion that the data sets do not support the agency’s actions. The American people deserve all of the facts and have a right to know whether the EPA is using good science.
Submitted by: The Office of Chris Stewart
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Good job John! It is time to reign in this out=of-control bureaucracy.