June 17, 2018

Republicans stop Democrats from helping EPA investigate Scott Pruitt’s ever-growing scandals

https://thinkprogress.org/republicans-block-democrats-effort-to-investigate-pruitt-c39d92aaf377/
"House Republicans on Wednesday afternoon blocked an effort by Democrats to increase funding for the agency’s watchdog, which is tasked with investigating the many scandals surrounding agency administrator Scott Pruitt. The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) has in recent months seen an increased workload due to the more than a dozen investigations launched into Pruitt’s spending and management decisions during his first year as administrator."