House GOP Lawmaker Questions Legitimacy Of EPA Personnel Decisions

House oversight panel member Paul Gosar (R-AZ) says several recent EPA personnel decisions such as disciplinary proceedings that it took since acting Deputy Administrator Stan Meiburg was nominated to that position could be undermined if the administration loses a court case over the legitimacy of acting officials. During a May 18 hearing of the full House Oversight & Government Reform Committee on EPA employee misconduct, Gosar said that Meiburg's continued work at the agency violates a 2015 decision on acting...