Senate Democrats Expand Probe Of Pruitt's EPA Advisory Panels Overhaul

February 16, 2018
Senate Democrats are expanding their probe of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's overhaul of the agency's advisory panels policies that critics say boosts industry influence on the committees, asking the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to weigh new information about whether some panel are consistent with legal requirements. Sens. Tom Carper (D-DE), the ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), in a Feb. 14 letter ask GAO to expand its ongoing review of EPA's advisory...


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