On May 22, 2025, Bryan Steil, the House member for Wisconsin's 1st District, voted to repeal an Environmental Protection Agency rule that had kept major sources of seven persistent, bioaccumulative toxic air pollutants under the strictest federal controls even if they reclassified, and on July 3, 2025 he voted for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which took back unspent federal money for cleaner diesel engines and for reducing air pollution at schools.
In May 2026 Steil took credit for Wisconsin drinking water money that comes from the 2021 infrastructure law he voted against.
Bryan Steil's Votes and Statements on Clean Water and Air Pollution
- Steil Voted to Let Major Sources of Seven Persistent Toxic Air Pollutants Leave the Strictest Controls, in May 2025. On May 22, 2025, Bryan Steil voted yes on S.J.Res. 31, which passed the House 216 to 212 and repealed the EPA's 2024 "once in, always in" rule, which had required major sources of seven persistent and bioaccumulative hazardous air pollutants to stay under the strictest standards even if they reclassified as area sources; "On June 20, 2025, Congress repealed the 2024 rule using the Congressional Review Act," Harvard's Environmental and Energy Law Program records. Hazardous air pollutants are "known to cause cancer and other serious health effects," and with the 2024 rule gone, such a source can be reclassified as an area source once it cuts its emissions below the major-source threshold, trading its strictest requirements for less stringent ones, an approach the program notes "could result in a large increase in pollution."
- Steil Voted for the Law That Took Back Unspent Money for Cleaner Diesel Engines and Clean Air at Schools, in July 2025. On July 3, 2025, Steil voted yes as the House passed the final One Big Beautiful Bill Act 218 to 214, after voting for the House version, which passed 215 to 214 with one member voting present, so it would have failed without his vote. The law includes the "Rescission of funding for diesel emissions reductions" and the "Rescission of funding to address air pollution at schools," taking back the unobligated balances of those funds.
- Steil Took Credit for Wisconsin Drinking Water Money From the 2021 Law He Voted Against. On May 27, 2026, Steil posted, "Great news for Wisconsin! Proud to have worked to bring safe drinking water funding to our state," with a link to an EPA announcement of money for reducing lead in drinking water, Civic Media reported. That money comes from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, which the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act supported with a $15 billion allocation; Steil voted no on that law on November 5, 2021, saying it would "fund Green New Deal subsidies."
Frequently Asked Questions About Bryan Steil on Clean water and pollution
What is Bryan Steil's record on clean water and pollution under Trump?
Bryan Steil voted in 2025 to scrap the EPA's "once in, always in" rule for major sources of seven persistent toxic air pollutants, and for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which rescinded unspent money for cleaner diesel engines and school air quality. In 2026 he took credit for Wisconsin drinking water money from the 2021 infrastructure law he had voted against.
Did Bryan Steil vote for the drinking water money he took credit for?
No. Bryan Steil voted against the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act on November 5, 2021, when it passed 228 to 206, and in 2026 posted that he was proud to have worked to bring the safe drinking water money that law made possible. When he voted no he said he would "continue voting against wasteful spending in Washington," Civic Media reported.
What did the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Bryan Steil voted for do to clean air money for schools?
Bryan Steil voted on July 3, 2025 for the law whose section 60005 cancelled the unspent part of the federal money for reducing air pollution at schools. The same law also repealed the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.
Last updated: 2026-10-26