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The mission to identify taxpayer dollar waste and abuse spent in the name of “environmental justice” or pet projects that strengthen climate fanatics has resulted in a long list of heinous spending of over $22 billion by the Biden administration, which I ended up in an immediate savings system.
As part of my continued commitment to transparency and responsible spending, the most recent efficiency I have identified is the closure of the Biden administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) museum. This costs a whopping $4 million in taxpayer dollars to build according to Smithsonian standards and costs over $600,000 a year in operating fees.
The museum itself is the size of a mere 1,600 square feet of apartment hidden on the first floor of the EPA headquarters in Washington, DC, and had fewer than 2,000 outside visitors between May and February 2024.
Former President Joe Biden and EPA administrator Lee Zeldin (Getty Images)
Millions of dollars have been spent building this one-room, small, human-trafficked, so-called “museum,” with operating costs of hundreds of thousands of dollars each year.
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EPA staff reached over 40% of visitors, and although the museum was free, the cost to taxpayers per outside visitor reached nearly $315 per person.
Other annual costs at the expense of American taxpayers included more than $123,000 for cleaning and landscaping, more than $207,000 for security guards, $54,000 for magnetometers and x-ray maintenance, more than $54,000 for storage, and more than $40,000 for AV equipment maintenance.
The museum illustrates the broader patterns we have revealed. It is being diverted from the agency’s central mission to fund initiatives that promote partisan ideology under the guise of environmental management. Imagine progress by the EPA funding lead pipe exchanges or funding state and local efforts to clean up super fund sites that are struggling with national priorities lists, or to encourage air surveillance and other efforts to improve air quality.
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While we may expect the history of the institutions launched under President Richard Nixon and the mission to protect human health and the environment nonpartisanly, the Biden administration chose to curate the museum between 2014 and January 20, 2021.
Biden’s EPA supported the incorporation of numerous “environmental justice” and climate change content to expand the scary tactics of the left wing, rather than focusing on bringing clean air, land and water to Americans.
The EPA was launched under Republican President Richard Nixon. (Reuters/Jean-Claude Delmas)
One exhibit on “Today’s EPA” reads, “The EPA protects human heath and the environment by developing and implementing economic protections, and by promoting environmental justice, equity and civil rights compliance.”
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Key results for the first Trump EPA include reductions in combination emissions of standard pollutants and their precursors, the first comprehensive national action plan to address PFA, or the first update of lead and copper rules in nearly 30 years.
Thanks to President Donald Trump’s leadership, I don’t think a record-breaking emergency response to Los Angeles’ devastating wildfires will ever win a moment in the spotlight. Cleaning up the largest wildfire hazardous material in EPA history was predicted to take months, but it ended on the 28th.
President Biden’s EPA Museum cost a whopping $4 million in taxpayer dollars and an operating fee of more than $600,000 a year. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
These are achievements that should be celebrated not through expensive museum exhibits paid by taxpayers, but through cleaner communities and healthier citizens.
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The foundations of effective environmental management are not found in self-conditioned displays or ideology-driven initiatives. It is built through a practical and cost-effective programme that provides measurable improvements to environmental quality and human health. The Biden administration has lost sight of these fundamental principles and has diverted taxpayer resources to serve the political narrative.
Under President Trump’s leadership, our new direction is clear. All taxpayer dollars spent are justified, all programs need to demonstrate value, and all initiatives need to contribute directly to our core mission. The closure of the museum is just one step in our broader commitment to transparency and financial responsibility.
Rep. Elise Stefanik and Fold Lee Zeldin will join former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Concord, New Hampshire on January 19, 2024. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
We are committed to becoming a responsible custody of taxpayer dollars. So far, our reviews and the end of the wasted program have resulted in $22 billion in taxpayer savings.
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By eliminating wasted spending and refocusing on providing clean air, land and water for all Americans, we are strengthening our ability to address environmental challenges. The closure of the museum saves $600,000 a year. This is money that can support programs that bring real environmental benefits to forgotten communities.
This is not to reduce our commitment to environmental protection. It is to strengthen it through the responsible stewardship of taxpayers. The era of unchecked spending on the monuments to the ego on the left is over. Under our leadership, financial responsibility and mission focus guide all decisions. The American people deserve less.
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