{"id":4727,"date":"2017-12-14T12:41:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T17:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-senators-proposed-cuts-to-epa-threaten-public-health\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:08:31","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:08:31","slug":"merkley-senators-proposed-cuts-to-epa-threaten-public-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-senators-proposed-cuts-to-epa-threaten-public-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley, Senadores: Los recortes propuestos a la EPA amenazan la salud p\u00fablica"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 El Senador de Oreg\u00f3n Jeff Merkley lider\u00f3 hoy a tres docenas de Senadores en rechazar los recortes propuestos al presupuesto de la Agencia de Protecci\u00f3n Ambiental (EPA) que amenazar\u00edan la salud p\u00fablica y el medio ambiente.<\/p>\n

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\u201cLa Administraci\u00f3n Trump ha hecho del desmantelamiento de la EPA una misi\u00f3n central. Los instamos a que se opongan a cualquier legislaci\u00f3n que promueva ese objetivo al reducir a\u00fan m\u00e1s los ya diezmados niveles de financiaci\u00f3n de la EPA\u201d, escribieron los senadores en una carta a los l\u00edderes del Senado.
 
\u201cDebido a estos interminables ataques tanto a los empleados de carrera como a los programas regionales, la EPA no cuenta con suficientes fondos ni personal y tiene dificultades para desempe\u00f1ar sus funciones b\u00e1sicas y legalmente requeridas\u201d, continuaron. \u201cNo podemos tolerar los esfuerzos para paralizar una agencia que, con un mayor uso de los Pagos de Incentivos por Separaci\u00f3n Voluntaria, est\u00e1 operando con niveles de personal no vistos desde la d\u00e9cada de 1980\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Como se\u00f1alaron los Senadores en la carta, estos recortes amenazan las misiones centrales de la EPA de proteger el medio ambiente y la salud p\u00fablica. Si se siguen recortando los niveles de financiaci\u00f3n de la EPA, menos contaminadores tendr\u00e1n que rendir cuentas y los proyectos de aire y agua limpios en los Estados Unidos se ver\u00e1n amenazados.<\/p>\n

Adem\u00e1s de Merkley, la carta fue firmada por los senadores Tom Udall (D-NM), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD ), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Maggie Hassan (D-NH ), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Gary Peters (D-MI), Al Franken (D-MN), Chris Coons (D-DE), Kamala Harris (D-CA), Bob Casey (D-PA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Patty Murray (D-WA), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Jack Reed (D-RI), Bill Nelson (D-FL), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Angus King (I-ME), Tom Carper ( D-DE), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) y Jon Tester (D-MT).<\/p>\n

El texto completo de la carta se encuentra a continuaci\u00f3n y aqu\u00ed<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Estimado l\u00edder de la mayor\u00eda McConnell, l\u00edder de la minor\u00eda Schumer, presidente Cochran y vicepresidente Leahy:
 
Nos preocupa profundamente que el proyecto de ley de Asignaciones del Interior del Senado incluya otro recorte a la Agencia de Protecci\u00f3n Ambiental (EPA). Si bien la reducci\u00f3n total 2% en el proyecto de ley del Senado puede parecer peque\u00f1a, enmascara profundos recortes en los programas que garantizan la salud p\u00fablica y el cumplimiento, lo que demuestra que este proyecto de ley es otro ejemplo de c\u00f3mo los republicanos presionan repetidamente los recortes de fondos que erosionan el presupuesto central y las capacidades de la EPA. Como resultado de estos ataques partidistas sostenidos, el presupuesto general de la EPA ha bajado 22% desde 2010. Ajustado por inflaci\u00f3n, la marca del Senado ser\u00eda el presupuesto operativo m\u00e1s bajo de la EPA desde 1986. Esta tendencia no puede continuar.
 
Adem\u00e1s, este proyecto de ley incluye recortes profundos y da\u00f1inos en programas cr\u00edticos para proteger la salud p\u00fablica y el medio ambiente. Por ejemplo, el proyecto de ley de Asignaciones del Interior del Senado har\u00eda recortes significativos a programas vitales que protegen el aire y el agua limpios, y que responsabilizan a los contaminadores, incluida la reducci\u00f3n de Cumplimiento por 10%, Cumplimiento por 15%, protecci\u00f3n de la salud humana en la oficina de agua por 9% y limpieza programas al aire por 10%. 
 
La Administraci\u00f3n Trump ha hecho del desmantelamiento de la EPA una misi\u00f3n central. Lo instamos a que se oponga a cualquier legislaci\u00f3n que promueva ese objetivo al reducir a\u00fan m\u00e1s los niveles de financiaci\u00f3n ya diezmados de la EPA. 
 
Debido a estos interminables ataques tanto a los empleados de carrera como a los programas regionales, la EPA no cuenta con suficientes fondos ni personal, y lucha por realizar sus funciones b\u00e1sicas y legalmente requeridas. No podemos tolerar esfuerzos para paralizar una agencia que, con un mayor uso de Pagos de Incentivos de Separaci\u00f3n Voluntaria, est\u00e1 operando con niveles de personal no vistos desde la d\u00e9cada de 1980.
 
La EPA brinda asistencia t\u00e9cnica fundamental, financiamiento mediante subvenciones y apoyo a las agencias ambientales estatales. Con crisis de salud en todo el pa\u00eds en forma de sitios Superfund, agua contaminada con plomo y puntos cr\u00edticos de contaminaci\u00f3n del aire, no podemos darnos el lujo de erosionar a\u00fan m\u00e1s el presupuesto y la fuerza laboral dedicada de la EPA.
 
Debemos asegurarnos de que la EPA tenga los fondos necesarios para llevar a cabo protecciones vitales para la salud p\u00fablica y el medio ambiente. Lo instamos a que se oponga a estos recortes presupuestarios insidiosos y a que se oponga a cualquier reducci\u00f3n en los fondos para la EPA en el paquete final de asignaciones para el a\u00f1o fiscal 2018.<\/p>\n

Gracias por su atenci\u00f3n a este problema.
 
Atentamente,<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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