"Arguments over EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's scandals, and the media's coverage of them, overshadowed a Senate confirmation hearing this morning for two nominees who hope to help him lead the agency.
Delaware Sen. Tom Carper, the top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, used his opening statement to criticize Chairman John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) for failing to promptly call Pruitt to testify as news reports raised questions about work that staffers have allegedly done for his family, his spending on travel and a secure phone booth, and his use of sports tickets secured by executives with business before the agency, among other issues.
"Historically, we have held regular oversight hearings, especially when events clearly warranted such hearings," Carper said. "I can think of no time in all of my years in government where events more clearly warranted an immediate series of oversight hearings with the EPA administrator.""
Corbin Hiar reports for Greenwire June 20, 2018.
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