Defense Environment Alert -- Rep. Hilda Solis (D-CA) -- the likely chair of a key House Energy and Commerce subcommittee in the next Congress -- plans to press for greater Environmental Protection Agency oversight and enforcement at contaminated military sites. The focus is part of House Democrats' plans to increase oversight of EPA and its enforcement of environmental laws as a way to bolster agency enforcement of existing requirements before considering changes to current laws. The panel's environment subcommittee, the...
