In Latest Rebuke To Pruitt, Appropriators Adds Ethics Limits To FY19 Bill

Senate appropriators have added a provision in EPA's fiscal year 2019 spending package formally admonishing Administrator Scott Pruitt -- albeit without mentioning him by name -- for numerous reported ethical lapses, marking a political response and mounting Capitol Hill impatience with Pruitt's scandals. The language is the latest sign of continuing problems for Pruitt, with many top conservatives either calling for his ouster or acknowledging his precarious job security, though the administrator is brushing aside the controversies as the logical...