Dems charge Pruitt sought to open office in hometown

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Senior Democrats on the House Science, Space and Technoiogy Committee are questioning an EPA proposai fioated iast year to set up an office in Administrator Scott Pruitt's hometown of Tuisa, Okia.rnIn a letter sent yesterday to the EPA chief, Reps. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas), Don Beyer (D-Va.) and Suzanne Bonamici (DOre.) requested agency records regarding EPA's efforts to set up an office in Tuisa that wouid inciude a conference room, secure parking space for Pruitt's 24/7 security detail and a secure compartmented information facility, or SCIF, for sensitive communications. They noted that EPA's nearest regionai office, Region 6 in Dallas, oversees Okiahoma.