Senate Democrats Vent at Pruitt, Warn of Trouble for EPA Nominees

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EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt may face difficulty in getting the Senate to approve nominees to be his deputy and his chief financial officer after sitting through harsh questioning at a tense and turbulent Jan. 30 hearing.Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), the Environment and Public Works Committee's ranking Democrat, said he told Pruitt he would attempt to block two pending EPA nominees, Andrew Wheeler to be deputy administrator and Holly Greaves to be chief financial officer, as a protest against Kathleen Hartnett White, the Trump administration's pick to lead the White House's Council on Environmental Quality.