Reed Statement on Nomination of Scott Pruitt for EPA Administrator

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after it was reported that President-elect Donald Trump
intends to nominate Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt as the next Administrator
of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), a
senior member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior and Environment, which
oversees federal funding of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), stated:

«Ideally, the agency charged with safeguarding clean water and clean air would be
led by someone who truly believes in environmental protection. Unfortunately, Mr.
Pruitt has a record of undermining clean air and clean water protections and denying
climate science.»