Michigan Senate debates reversing Gov. Whitmer's environmental overhaul
LANSING — A state Senate Committee on Thursday debated whether to overturn Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s executive order to reshape the state’s environmental department — Republicans’ latest maneuver in a power struggle that could derail hopes for bipartisanship early into Michigan’s new era of divided government.
The Oversight Committee took no vote on a resolution to rescind Whitmer’s order to morph the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) into the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE).
Hearings will continue next week, said Chairman Ed McBroom, R-Vulcan.
But Republicans on the committee voiced clear displeasure, even anger, at Whitmer’s order — mostly because it would eliminate business-friendly oversight panels that GOP lawmakers created last year.
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