Cabinet status of EPA

Q: Do you think cabinet level status for EPA will make a difference?

MR. RUCKELSHAUS: Not much. No. I think it will help a little in that it will give the administrator a place at the table with the other cabinet members. It may also increase their understanding of what the administrator must do to discharge his responsibilities (which occasionally entails pointing fingers at these same cabinet colleagues). Other than that, there may be some symbolic value. But the public doesn't know the difference between a cabinet department and an agency anyway. They don't know the difference, so I don't think it's going to make much of a difference. It might make the people in the agency feel better; that's worth something.

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