{"id":12224,"date":"2018-04-26t21:56:33","date_gmt":"2018-04-26t21:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dpetrov.2create.studio\/planet\/wordpress\/facing-heat-from-lawmakers-epa-chief-scott-pruitt-defends-regulatory-rollback\/"},"modified":"2018-04-26t21:56:33","modified_gmt":"2018-04-26t21:56:33","slug":"epa-pruitt-regulatory-rollback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/epa-pruitt-regulatory-rollback\/","title":{"rendered":"facing heat from lawmakers, epa chief scott pruitt defends regulatory rollback"},"content":{"rendered":"

by shelby fleig<\/strong><\/p>\n

washington — a house appropriations subcommittee grilled u.s. environmental protection agency administrator scott pruitt thursday afternoon on his deregulation agenda and spending habits.<\/p>\n

even though pruitt is under fire amid a number of ethics scandals \u2014 including a $43,000 soundproof booth for his office, his below-market capitol hill condo rental from an energy lobbyist\u2019s wife, and his reported retaliations against agency staff \u2014 democratic lawmakers mostly voiced concerns about what they see as the administrator\u2019s gutting of environmental protections policies.<\/p>\n

pruitt has announced a rollback to obama-era fuel economy standards and a proposal to repeal the clean power plan, which limits power plants\u2019 carbon emissions. democratic lawmakers argued that would threaten public health.<\/p>\n

\u201crolling back regulations that limit emissions will mean more cases of asthma in children,\u201d said rep. betty mccollum, d-minn., the subcommittee ranking member. \u201cthat\u2019s a fact. your approach is bad for the environment, bad for public health and bad for business.\u201d<\/p>\n

rep. chellie pingree, d-maine, also said her constituents experience high rates of asthma due to air pollution.<\/p>\n

\u201cwe\u2019re at the end of the tailpipe when it comes to the clean power plan,\u201d pingree said. \u201cwe have \u2018red alert\u2019 days. and i have no idea why would you want to rollback limits on fuel emissions.\u201d<\/p>\n

but pruitt stood firm in the face of the criticism, telling lawmakers his vow to cut fuel economy standards came after a review of the previous administration\u2019s standards, which he said were based on assumptions of market conditions that haven\u2019t come true.<\/p>\n

\u201cwhat we don\u2019t want to see happen is we set the standards so high that manufacturers manufacture cars that people don\u2019t purchase,\u201d pruitt said. \u201cwhat happens is, people will stay in older vehicles, which actually increases emissions.\u201d<\/p>\n

the interior, environment, and related agencies subcommittee is made up of seven republicans and four democrats and is chaired by rep. ken calvert, a republican from california. the two-hour hearing also focused on the epa budget, which president trump wants to cut by 30%.<\/p>\n

\u201cwe will not support president trump\u2019s budget or your efforts to cripple the epa with draconian cuts,\u201d rep. mccollum said.<\/p>\n

pruitt defended the trump administration budget, saying the agency is \u201cstripping burdensome costs\u201d and making \u201ctransformational change.\u201d<\/p>\n

republicans used their time to stand up for pruitt and his actions as epa administrator. rep. evan jenkins, r-w.va., says his state\u2019s coal economy has greatly improved since pruitt took over last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cyour agency is restoring hope to the people of west virginia,\u201d jenkins said. \u201cwhat a difference, candidly, an election makes. i appreciate the good work of this administration getting us back in business.\u201d<\/p>\n

pruitt\u2019s job security in trump\u2019s fluid administration has been in question recently, amid his mounting ethics scandals. but pruitt has relentlessly implemented trump\u2019s campaign deregulation promises, and the president continues to defend pruitt at least publicly. but democrats at the hearing questioned whether he\u2019s fit for the job.<\/p>\n

toward the end of the hearing, mccollum, the highest-ranking democrat on the panel, looked straight at pruitt and, speaking slowly, told the embattled administrator: \u201cmr. pruitt, i think it\u2019s time for you to resign.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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