(ReclaimingAmerica.net) – President Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is considering shutting down its main scientific research division, a move that would threaten to leave over 1,000 scientists jobless.
Over 1,000 government scientists face termination as part of EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin’s massive 65% budget reduction plan.
The move signals a return to government efficiency after years of regulatory overreach under previous administrations.
EPA is planning to eliminate its scientific research program as part of a broader Trump administration initiative to reduce the size of the federal government and increase efficiency.
This action could result in the loss of up to 1,155 chemists, biologists, toxicologists, and other scientists—about 75% of the research program’s staff—their positions.
The agency’s administrator, Lee Zeldin, aims to cut 65% of the agency’s budget, which has grown increasingly bloated over the years with duplicative functions and expanding regulatory mandates.
The Office of Research and Development, which currently employs 1,540 people, would be dissolved, with only a fraction of staff reassigned to other parts of the agency.
The reorganization plan reflects President Trump’s promise to drain the swamp and trim government excess.
All spending items over $50,000 will require approval from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), adding another layer of fiscal accountability that has been sorely missing from federal agencies.
Although the proposal has been presented to the White House for review, EPA spokeswoman Molly Vaseliou emphasized that changes are not yet finalized.
The agency seeks input from employees across all levels to improve operational efficiency and modernize outdated processes accumulated over decades of bureaucratic expansion.
Conservative supporters of limited government view the restructuring as long overdue.
For years, the EPA has expanded its authority far beyond its original mandate, imposing crushing regulations on American businesses and farmers while producing mountains of scientific studies that often serve as justification for further regulatory growth.
Ticora Jones from the Natural Resources Defense Council, a left-leaning environmental organization known for advocating expansive government control, predictably condemned the move.
Yet, many Americans recognize that streamlining government operations does not mean abandoning environmental protection – it means focusing resources where they are truly needed rather than maintaining a bloated bureaucracy.
The restructuring represents the Trump administration’s fiscal responsibility and commitment to governmental efficiency.
By trimming unnecessary positions and consolidating functions, the EPA can fulfill its core mission without the excessive overhead and regulatory overreach that has characterized the agency in recent years.
Many patriots who voted for Trump specifically to reduce the size of government are celebrating this move as a fulfillment of a promise.
After decades of watching federal agencies grow increasingly powerful and unaccountable, the EPA’s restructuring signals that the unchecked bureaucratic expansion may finally end.
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