Confirmation
Hearing
of
Scott
Pruitt
to Head the EPA
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Jan. 18, 2017--In one of four
confirmation hearings today, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt,
nominee to serve as administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency, testified before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public
Works. Pruitt's nomination is among the most controversial of
Trump's Cabinet picks. |
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Chairman Tom Barasso
(R-WY). (Below) Among the Democrats questioning Pruitt were Sen.
Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ).
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Meanwhile, there was also an
interesting scene in the corridor outside the hearing room as the
National Mining Association brought in a busload of coal miners and
activists from Moms Clean Air Force, among other groups, also showed up. |
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Moms meet miners.
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