"The impression was that he is not in charge." Conclusion after question Scott Pruitt....

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Top Democratic representative describes the ‘frustrating’ experience of questioning Scott Pruitt
"The impression was that he is not in charge."


https://thinkprogress.org/democrats-scott-pruitt-ethics-scandal-whats-next-5d576f34a205/?utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=5ae3733704d3010327122baf&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter
Natasha Geiling
Apr 27, 2018, 12:20 pm


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............................“Sadly, we should have been talking about the importance of the EPA and all that it does for clean air and safe water and remediated soils,” Tonko said. “Instead, we dwelled on his mismanagement and abuse of power and unethical behavior. That’s unfortunate.”

Tonko described questioning Pruitt — a notoriously elusive subject — as “frustrating,” noting that he rarely offered lawmakers a straightforward answer, even when presented with a yes or no question (it took one representative three attempts before Pruitt would answer “yes” to the question of whether or not he was the EPA administrator).

Still, Tonko had one of the more successful stretches of questioning Pruitt. In their exchange, Tonko forced the administrator to admit that he had delegated authority to his chief of staff permitting raises for two political aides — something that he had previously denied in an interview with Fox News in early April. On Thursday, Pruitt maintained that he did not know the amount of the raises given to his two aides — one for $28,000 and another for $56,000, which is just slightly below the median household income for an American family.

“The impression was that he is not in charge and he is not embracing the mission of the agency,” Tonko said of Pruitt’s performance before the committee. “The public is being poorly served by the fact that he does not maintain a passion to make cleaner the air you breathe and safer the water you drink.”.............................

[BigmanPigman]

1. When is he going to resign?

Even the GOP is sick of his BS games.