On the recordFebruary 16, 2017
If the Senator would yield, what the EPA has stated is admitting fault, admitting and promising that they would pay for those who were injured, and then just weeks ago, as the previous administration was ending, they denied every single one of the private claimants. The Senator has talked about Scott Pruitt at EPA. When I spoke with the Administrator-designate of EPA, Scott Pruitt said they would make the private claimants whole; that they would pay the Navajo Nation; that they would pay the claims made by outfitters who were shut down. Will the Senator help me make sure that the EPA stands up to its obligations and recognize that Scott Pruitt--at both the EPW confirmation hearing and to me--has committed that the EPA will do what they did not do; that is, to make our citizens whole?
