Carper compares Kavanaugh to Pruitt in bid to block nomination

August 2, 2018
Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE), the ranking Democrat on the Senate environment committee, is comparing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh to ousted EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, in a bid to block the appellate judge's Senate confirmation to the high court. “It is hard to have life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness if you don't have clean air,” Carper said during an Aug. 1 rally at the Capitol alongside several advocacy groups opposed to Kavanaugh's nomination . “We just got rid...


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