Senator Snowball "Concerned" About Pruitt; Besides, Backup Flunky Would Do Fine Job Of Trashing Laws
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Mr. Inhofe said he was troubled by a recent New York Times story that detailed allegations of unchecked spending and ethics questions during Mr. Pruitts career as attorney general and state senator in Oklahoma.
Ive known him since he was in the state legislature and supported him, Mr. Inhofe said Tuesday. These are accusations I did not know anything about.
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Privately, many of the former Inhofe staff members now in the Trump administration say they are fed up with the chaos surrounding Mr. Pruitt and are more than ready to see him go. They noted that another former member of Inhofes staff, Andrew Wheeler, had recently been confirmed as Mr. Pruitts deputy, and that Mr. Wheeler, a former coal lobbyist, was well positioned to continue the agenda of rolling back environmental rules should Mr. Pruitt step down.
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Some of the former Inhofe staff members noted that they were not surprised to see their former boss raise questions about Mr. Pruitt once the allegations about Mr. Pruitts ethical lapses touched his home state.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/24/climate/pruitt-inhofe-epa-ethics.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fbusiness-energy-environment&action=click&contentCollection=energy-environment®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfront