GOP Ignores Obstruction by EPA Nominee Pruitt and Forces Committee Approval

WASHINGTON – Republicans on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee today ignored obstruction by Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt and forced his nomination to lead the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on to the full Senate for consideration.

GOP Ignores Obstruction by EPA Nominee Pruitt and Forces Committee Approval

WASHINGTON (Feb. 2, 2017) – Republicans on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee today ignored obstruction by Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt and forced his nomination to lead the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on to the full Senate for consideration.

The following is a statement by Rhea Suh, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council:

“It’s outrageous that Republicans jammed Scott Pruitt’s nomination through the Environment Committee. He’s blatantly obstructed a thorough review of his record. The full Senate should reject Pruitt’s nomination because he’s uniquely unfit for the job.

“Pruitt has spent a career colluding with polluters trying to prevent the EPA from fulfilling its central mission—protecting public health and our environment. He has opposed clean air rules that would save thousands of lives, and he embraces discredited, fringe views on climate science. He’s dodged and given evasive answers to question after question about his record, one that is rife with conflicts-of-interest.

“This much is crystal clear: Pruitt is the wrong man for the job.”

For more, see this blog by Rhea Suh on Pruitt: https://www.nrdc.org/experts/rhea-suh/scott-pruitt-worst-candidate-ever-nominated-lead-epa

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