The radical legislation submitted by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fl.) on Friday would dissolve the 47-year-old agency tasked with protecting the nation's air, land and water with an $8 billion budget. The agency's future and former President Obama's climate change mandate is doubly uncertain as President Trump's pick to lead the department, Scott Pruitt, has garnered a reputation for waging legal wars against environmental conservation with more than a dozen lawsuits.