Many far-right MAGA Republicans have been highly critical of the Environmental Protection Agency and its environmental policies.
However, the EPA was launched in 1970 following an executive order from conservative Republican President Richard Nixon. And Republicans sometimes make requests of the agency — including House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).
According to Kelsey Brugger — a reporter for Politico’s E&E News — Johnson sent the EPA a letter on November 15, 2024, encouraging the agency to award a grant to a city in his congressional district.
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