EPW postpones vote on Goffman confirmation to lead EPA air office

The Senate Environment & Public Works (EPW) Committee is postponing a scheduled July 20 business meeting that included a planned vote to forward the nomination of Joe Goffman to serve as assistant administrator for EPA’s Office of Air & Radiation (OAR) to the full Senate. The meeting is being postponed “in anticipation of scheduled remarks to Congress by the First Lady of Ukraine,” an EPW spokesman says. There are no details yet on when the meeting may be rescheduled. The...