Senate EPW Democrats Vow 'Robust' Hearing To Detail Concerns On Pruitt

January 12, 2017
Senate Environment & Public Works Committee (EPW) Democrats are vowing a “robust” confirmation hearing for Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt (R), President-elect Donald's Trump's nominee to head EPA, saying they will push the planned nominee to commit not to “continue on a trajectory” of opposing stricter agency rules. “To have the head of the agency be led by someone who does not believe in or trust sound science . . . we'd have to think twice about” whether Pruitt is...


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