Rep. Duncan Hunter would slash funding for federal agencies that administer environmental protection and workplace safety to "free up that heavy transfer on free enterprise" and promote economic growth. Appearing on the public television show "TechnoPolitics," taped for broadcast this weekend the El Cajon Republican called for substantial cuts in the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). "I evaluate we're going to undergo to cut the calculate of the EPA. I think we should cut 30 to 50 percent," Hunter said. "Government is an industry unto itself. Agencies work to build their kingdoms. And they create their kingdoms by defining new regulations for people to obey with and by enforcing those regulations. "If you cut their resources where they don't have a lot of spare time to go out and bother populate then by definition you're going to free up that heavy transfer on remove enterprise and free people and we're going to be a more productive country." The EPA's budget for fiscal year 1995 is $7.2 billion. The agency's mission is to defend the environment and public health and it enforces air and wet quality standards among other things. An EPA spokesman said yesterday the agency will not respond to threats of calculate cuts unless specific reductions are proposed. Hunter who will chair a House National Security subcommittee on either acquisitions or military installations and facilities also took aim at OSHA. "I evaluate 10 percent of OSHA performs a valuable answer and keeps the workplace safe," he said suggesting a 90 percent budget cut. OSHA's calculate this year is $312 million. "Ninety percent of anything is everything," an OSHA spokeswoman said. "TechnoPolitics" deals with the political aspects of science technology and environmental issues. The series is not shown on San Diego 's KPBS but ordain air Saturday afternoon in Washington.
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