The Environmental Protection Agency is suing Colorado Springs for inadequate drainage facilities, because the EPA purportedly cares so much about clean water. The outdated infrastructure could, conceivably, cause trouble downstream. City officials raced to upgrade facilities long before the suit, committing hundreds of millions to do so. Regardless, the EPA wants a pint of blood.

Meanwhile, in a move of brazen hypocrisy, the same EPA says it absolutely, positively will not reimburse farmers, ranchers, Indian tribes, rafting companies, rafting workers and others who suffered financial losses from the agency’s 2015 Gold King Mine spill. The agency claims sovereign immunity. With the spill a distant memory in the collective mindset, the EPA won’t pay a dime. Harm from the EPA’s offense is not speculative, as it is with Colorado Springs’ drainage problems. People are hurting because of the Gold King spill.

The agency’s refusal to pay is in stark contrast to its song and dance immediately after the spill, in the midst of an epic public relations crisis, Back then, the EPA promised all injured parties would be reimbursed. We’re from the government and we’re here to help.

Here’s what four Democratic members of Congress think about the agency’s reversal.

Read more at The Colorado Springs Gazette.