Senate Backs EPA’s Water Chief As Other Nominees Poised To Advance

The Senate, in a bipartisan vote, has confirmed Radhika Fox to lead EPA’s water office, though the agency’s recent announcement that it planned to rewrite the Trump administration’s controversial rule defining the reach of the Clean Water Act (CWA) deepened some GOP senators’ opposition to the nominee. Senators June 16 voted 55-43 to confirm Fox, with seven Republicans joining with 48 Democrats to confirm the nominee. Republican senators who voted to confirm Fox are Richard Burr (NC), Susan Collins (ME),...