Obama Says He Will Block EPA Nominees

WASHINGTON - Sen. Barack Obama said Friday he will block all of President Bush ‘s nominees to key positions in the Environmental Protection Agency until it issues long-overdue regulations limiting people‘s exposure to lead paint from house remodeling.

The Illinois Democrat‘s decision has the immediate effect of preventing Susan Bodine, a staff director and lawyer for a House subcommittee, from becoming an assistant administrator in charge of EPA‘s Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response.
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"I find it unbelievable that the EPA would continue to drag its feet despite the fact that their own analysis found that these rules could prevent 28,000 lead-related illnesses each year," Obama said.

http://www.heraldnewsdaily.com/stories/news-0095616.html

I am student teaching now and there are 2 students with lead poisioning in the class.

They've already shown those stripes.