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malaise

(268,980 posts)
Mon Oct 23, 2017, 11:04 AM Oct 2017

The only protection going on at the EPA is for Pruit

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/cnn-epa-hire-12-more-agents-pruitt
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The Environmental Protection Agency is in the process of expanding its security fleet for Administrator Scott Pruitt with the hiring of an additional 12 officers, which moves the total number of agents guarding Pruitt to 30, CNN reported Monday.

The move will cost the department an additional $2 million a year, not including training, equipment or travel, according to CNN. No previous EPA chief has received this level of around-the-clock protection, the department’s inspector general told CNN, but Pruitt has reportedly received more death threats than any of his predecessors.

The IG office has investigated 70-plus threats against the EPA chief since he came into office.

“The EPA is a lightning rod. We get threats from both sides of the spectrum,” assistant inspector general Patrick Sullivan told CNN. “Some people believe the EPA is not doing enough to enforce environmental laws, and they’re upset about that. Other people think the EPA is doing too much, vis-à-vis enforcing environmental laws and they’re upset about that.”

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They are shameless
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spanone

(135,831 posts)
1. he should be scared, he's eliminating programs that will cause people to die
Mon Oct 23, 2017, 11:07 AM
Oct 2017

an additional two million dollars a year?.....fuck you pruitt

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