“ORD serves as the scientific foundation of the EPA, linking research, innovation, and regulatory decision-making. “EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin is laying off and forcing out scientists in record numbers, and slashing research and travel budgets for the remaining EPA scientists,” he said. EPA research physical scientist John Wambaugh, PhD, takes his son into the field. The American Federation of Government Employees, AFGE, Council 238 represents over 8,000 EPA employees nationwide. Legislative and political director for AFGE Council 238, Nicole Cantello said, “EPA is hellbent on destroying the foremost environmental research organization in the world.