Senators Markey, Carper, and Merkley Join Environmental and Climate Leaders to Oppose Trump Effort to Roll-back Auto Emissions Standards
Washington (March 7, 2017) – Reacting to media reports that the Trump administration plans to roll-back the nation’s fuel economy emissions standards for cars and light trucks for model years 2022-2025, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), joined by Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and environmental and climate
‘Resist’: Oregon Democratic leaders react to President Trump’s speech
Following a speech in which President Donald Trump called on unity from both parties, Democratic lawmakers in Oregon made it clear they weren’t persuaded by Tuesday night’s address to Congress. Rep. Earl Blumenauer, who represents Oregon’s 3rd district, needed just one word to convey his thoughts about the president’s remarks. “Resist,” Blumenauer
Democrats: GOP will ‘rue the day’ it pushed Pruitt vote for EPA
The Senate confirmed Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt as the head of the Environmental Protection Agency Friday, installing one of the agency’s fiercest critics as the nation’s leading environmental regulator just hours after an Oklahoma judge ordered the release of his email conversations with oil, gas and coal groups. On
SCOTT PRUITT, THE E.P.A., AND THE REPUBLICANS’ BARGAIN WITH TRUMP
Given that a cache of documents that might show whether Scott Pruitt, President Donald Trump’s choice to run the Environmental Protection Agency, ought to get the job is due to be released next Tuesday, why did Senate Republicans insist, over Democratic protests, on holding a confirmation voteon Friday? Since there was
Republicans rush to confirm Trump’s EPA nominee Scott Pruitt after federal judge orders release of fossil fuel emails
Senate Republicans were desperate to push through one of President Donald Trump’s most controversial Cabinet nominees Friday without a complete vetting of his record — confirming EPA nominee Scott Pruitt, 52-46. Late Thursday night, a judge in Oklahoma ordered thousands of letters between Pruitt and fossil fuel companies be made public. It’s a request he’s
Merkley Slams GOP Vote to Rush Through Pruitt Before Emails Exposing Ties to Oil and Gas Industry Are Released
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after Senate Republicans pushed through the confirmation of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator nominee Scott Pruitt by a narrow margin. The vote came just days before thousands of emails containing Pruitt’s correspondence with the fossil fuel industry will be
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