"The House Science Committee has formally issued two subpoenas to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), demanding answers on various scientific rulemakings that lawmakers argue have been unnecessarily delayed.

The Committee on Science, Space and Technology sent the subpoenas to EPA late Friday afternoon, fulfilling a months' long threat to force the hand of the agency to respond to oversight document requests. The move is the latest escalation of a brewing conflict between the agency and the congressional committee, chaired by Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas), that oversees it.

EPA officials called the subpoenas 'reckless and unjustified,' and have long argued that the agency has gone above and beyond to respond to committee staffer requests."

Miranda Green reports for The Hill November 15, 2019. [2]

SEE ALSO:

"House Committee Issues Subpoena To EPA" (E&E News PM) [3]

"EPA Statement on Unwarranted Subpoena from the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology" (EPA Release) [4]

"US EPA Faces Congressional Subpoenas Over IRIS Programme" (Chemical Watch) [5]