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FreedomWorks
On the Nomination: Scott Pruitt to Serve as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
The EPA has become the most notorious offender in the unconstitutional fourth branch of government that we know as the regulatory state. It has promulgated rules and regulations, such as the Clean Power Plan, aimed at destroying an entire industry, hurting workers and their families. Under Scott Pruitt's leadership at the EPA, Americans will have safe air and water and protection from government overreach through rules and regulations. Pruitt is a staunch believer in federalism and Article I of the Constitution, which charges the legislative branch with the power to make laws, not executive-level regulatory agencies.
League of Conservation Voters
PRUITT CONFIRMATION (EPA ADMINISTRATOR).
The Senate considered President Trump’s nomination of Scott Pruitt to serve as the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The EPA and its leader are charged with protecting human health and the environment – our air, water, and land. In his role as the Oklahoma attorney general, Pruitt sued the EPA 14 times, attempting to block efforts to cut carbon pollution and weaken safeguards for our air and water. Pruitt has repeatedly denied the overwhelming scientific consensus that climate change is real and caused by human activity and has extremely close ties to fossil fuel interests. During his confirmation process, Pruitt refused repeated requests to turn over email correspondence between his Oklahoma attorney general’s office and oil and gas companies. By ignoring sound science and showing no interest in upholding our nation’s bedrock environmental and public health laws, Pruitt failed to meet the most basic standards needed to perform this job in good faith. The Senate confirmed Pruitt to be the EPA administrator.
NAACP
SCOTT PRUITT CONFIRMATION AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.
Confirmation of President Trump’s nominee, Scott Pruitt of Oklahoma, to head the U.S. Environmental protection Agency. Mr. Pruitt was confirmed.