On the recordFebruary 16, 2017
The unemotional appeal lays out the facts directly and clearly and, as such, reads as a scathing condemnation of the Oklahoma attorney general. Stated in this letter it says: Our perspective is not partisan. . . . Having served under both Republican and Democratic presidents, we recognize each new Administration's right to pursue different policies within the parameters of existing law and to ask Congress to change the laws that protect public health and the environment as it sees fit. In the large majority of cases it was evident to us that they put the public's welfare ahead of private interests. . . . Scott Pruitt has not demonstrated this same commitment. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Perdue). The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
