Senator Blocks Floor Vote On EPA International Office Chief's Nomination

摘要

Sen. John Boozman (R-AR) is blocking a Senate vote on the nomination of Jane Nishida to head EPA's Office of International and Tribal Affairs (OITA), citing the agency's failure to address long-standing resource concerns related to a water quality modeling project in Arkansas and Oklahoma as the reason for stalling the nomination. Boozman's office tells Inside EPA that the senator filed a legislative hold stopping consideration of Nishida's nomination May 26, just days after the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee (EPW), which includes Boozman, approved Nishida's nomination in a unanimous May 18 voice vote - the last procedural step before a vote by the full upper chamber.