The EPA says its recent failure to get a clean bill of financial health from its watchdog offers further proof that the Biden administration was reckless and spent money wastefully.
The failed audit—the Environmental Protection Agency’s first in at least 25 years—could provide a predicate for Congress to shrink the EPA’s budget, which lawmakers are currently weighing and the Trump administration has requested. Agencies don’t typically suffer legal penalties for failing to make their books add up.
The Dec. 31 report from the Office of Inspector General spans fiscal 2025, which includes the Trump administration. Still, Brigit Hirsch, an ...
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