Inhofe EPA “Crucify” OversightEfforts Continue

Link to Press Release Link to S. 3053 Watch Inhofe Senate Floor Remarks Washington, DC - Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today introduced a simple two-page bill that will require that the President appoint the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) regional administrators "by and with the advice and consent of the Senate." Currently EPA regional directors are appointed by the President without having to undergo Senate confirmation. Senator Inhofe was joined by Senators John Boozman (R-AR), David Vitter (R-LA), James Risch (R-ID), Jim DeMint (R-SC), Robert Wicker (R-MS), Mike Enzi (R-WY), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Ron Johnson (R-WI), Rand Paul (R-KY), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Roy Blunt (R-MO), John Cornyn (R-TX), John Hoeven (R-ND), Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), Patrick Toomey (R-PA), Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Tom Coburn (R-OK), John Barrasso (R-WY), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), and John Thune (R-SD).