Nick Begich Supported Eliminating The Environmental Protection Agency

Begich Supported Eliminating The Environmental Protection Agency. Host: “Can you name two or three federal agencies that you would be in favor of defunding and disbanding?” […] Begich: “The EPA has become another tool predominantly of the Left to slow down or, in some cases, eliminate the opportunity for growth in our nation. We see them continue to stretch their mandated scope to include reinterpretations of things like the Clean Air Act and the the Clean Water Act, and it’s taken recent Supreme Court decisions to push back on their overly-broad interpretations of this long-standing Congressional legislation. And as a result, I think the EPA should be disbanded. Does that mean we shouldn’t have a clean environment? Absolutely not. But these sorts of groups have far exceeded their government mandates, they’re infested in large part with lifetime bureaucrats who see it as their lifelong mission to make it difficult for our nation to grow and prosper.” [Rumble, AnimalAK, [20:47], 1/17/24]

Begich Argued That Federal Energy Policy Was Driven By “Environmental Extremism That Borders On Religious Fanaticism.” Begich: “D.C.’s currently current policies are more than a deadbolt for Alaska. These policies are enacted and designed to mothball and board up our state. The policies are born from a combination of ignorance of Alaska’s resource base, ignorance of the quality of our resource practices, and a level of environmental extremism that borders on religious fanaticism.” [YouTube, Anchorage Daily News, [8:25], 8/31/22] (VIDEO)