Wheeler Expected To Face Democrats' Tough Questions On EPA Rollbacks

Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler is expected to face tough questions from Senate Democrats on the agency's regulatory rollback agenda at his Jan. 16 confirmation hearing to head EPA permanently, with the senators aiming to elevate public scrutiny of the deregualtory effort even as they lack the votes to block Wheeler. Ahead of the hearing, Democrats told Inside EPA Jan. 15 they plan to highlight the acting agency chief's prior role as a coal industry lobbyist. They also appear likely...