EPA BUREAUCRATS ARE STAFFED UP, LAWYERED UP & ARMED UP. DOES IT LOOK LIKE TOTAL CONTROL?

 Just in the last two years, Congress threw the EPA an extra $100 BILLION! (A stunning amount of money equivalent to half the military budget of China or all the U.S. college student loans last year). 

It's so much money that the agency can't properly spend it all. 

KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM OUR REPORT:

1. Exploding headcounts on EPA payroll. The Biden administration requested 17,077 staffers (FY2024) and the employee union is pushing for 20,000 -- up from 13,686 during the Trump administration (FY2019).
2. High cash compensation and big perks. The EPA average employee makes $125,000 in salary alone ($170,000 with benefits). 
3. Lawyered up. If the EPA were a private law firm, it would rank 34^th in the USA. Employing 1,023 lawyers in FY2022 costing taxpayers over $600 million since 2018.
4. Large budget for criminal enforcement and environmental homeland security force. Since 2018, the agency spent $700 million on criminal enforcement division and their homeland security operation. 
5. EPA Special Agents. EPA employs at least 137 special agents with arrest and firearm authority and armed with the latest in guns, ammunition, and military-style equipment. The headcount ranks the agency in the largest five-percent of local police departments across the country. 

READ OUR 68 PAGE REPORT. There's a lot more in there!