Epa administrator scott pruitt answered questions about his agencys budget request. It calls for major cuts and a reduction in the workforce of nearly 4000 employees. This hearing was held by a House Appropriations subcommittee. It ran just over two hours. The committee will come to order. Good morning. Good morning. Today we continue to keep all those affected by yesterdays events, including steve scalise, in our thoughts and prayers. We applaud the Capitol Police in being the first line of defense in protecting Public Service and visitors. We have a few of them here today. Thank you for all the work that you do. Turning our attention to the hearing, we are joined by the 14th administrator of the Environmental Protection agency, scott pruitt. Congratulations on your confirmation. You have joined a distinguished group. We look forward to hearing your vision and working with you to provide the resources necessary to manage an important agency. We are also joined by Senior Adviser to the
Epa administrator scott pruitt answered questions about his agencys budget request. It calls for major cuts and a reduction in the workforce of nearly 4000 employees. This hearing was held by a House Appropriations subcommittee. It ran just over two hours. The committee will come to order. Good morning. Good morning. Today we continue to keep all those affected by yesterdays events, including steve scalise, in our thoughts and prayers. We applaud the Capitol Police in being the first line of defense in protecting Public Service and visitors. We have a few of them here today. Thank you for all the work that you do. Turning our attention to the hearing, we are joined by the 14th administrator of the Environmental Protection agency, scott pruitt. Congratulations on your confirmation. You have joined a distinguished group. We look forward to hearing your vision and working with you to provide the resources necessary to manage an important agency. We are also joined by Senior Adviser to the
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The request calls for deep cuts and a reduction in work force of nearly 4,000 employees. Members asked mr. Pruitt about those cuts and how it would impact programs affecting their districts. Held in front of the house committee. This is about two hours. The committee will come to order. Good morning. Today we continue to keep all those affiliated by yesterdays events including our colleague Steve Scalise in our thoughts and prayers. We applaud the Capitol Police for their continued efforts, to be the first line of defense to protect Public Servants and visitors here to the hill. We have a few of them here with us today. Thank you for all the work you do. We thank you. Turning our tension tattoo the hearing, we are joined by 14th administrator to the Environmental Protection agency, scott pruitt. Congratulations on your confirmation. You have joined a distinguished group. We look forward to hearing your vision and working with you to provide the resources necessary to manage an importan
The request calls for deep cuts and a reduction in work force of nearly 4,000 employees. Members asked mr. Pruitt about those cuts and how it would impact programs affecting their districts. Held in front of the house committee. This is about two hours. The committee will come to order. Good morning. Today we continue to keep all those affiliated by yesterdays events including our colleague Steve Scalise in our thoughts and prayers. We applaud the Capitol Police for their continued efforts, to be the first line of defense to protect Public Servants and visitors here to the hill. We have a few of them here with us today. Thank you for all the work you do. We thank you. Turning our tension tattoo the hearing, we are joined by 14th administrator to the Environmental Protection agency, scott pruitt. Congratulations on your confirmation. You have joined a distinguished group. We look forward to hearing your vision and working with you to provide the resources necessary to manage an importan