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EPA Observers Raise Concerns Over Pruitt's Ethics But Eye Hill Oversight

March 15, 2018
Attorneys and other long-time Washington insiders who have worked with EPA are raising concerns about Administrator Scott Pruitt and other top agency officials' ethics and conduct, comparing it to actions taken by first-term Reagan EPA officials, which resulted in jail time for one and the resignations of many others. However, they note that a major difference between then and now is that Democrats controlled the House in the 1980s and their oversight resulted in the house cleaning of the first...


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