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On the recordJanuary 17, 2017
Even former Republican EPA Administrator Christie Whitman, with whom I served for 7 years as Governor of neighboring States, recently said that she "can't recall ever having seen an appointment of someone who is so disdainful of the Agency and the science behind what the Agency does."
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Carper cites Whitman's concerns about Pruitt's disdain for the EPA.

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