this proposal would prevent that. are you aware, yes or no, that nancy beck raised concerns that such a policy could impact data that would be important to industry such as confidential business information? yes or no. this effort yes or no. was about ensuring are you aware that nancy beck raised the concerns? were you aware? as indicated, congressman this effort is actually a reflection sorry i take that as a yes. to mitigate that concern, it appears that the proposal has been crafted so that you, the administrator has a discretion to grant exemptions as you see fit without any transparency or accountability for your decisions. if epa was assessing the safety of a chemical, you alone would have the four selectively block public health studies. and allow ones that favor your friends and industry. not only does this open the door to special treatment for industry over the public health, but you could also pick winners
let s look at the case of an expert who fought to finals a a ban on deadly chemical used in paint strippers, the new york times and other media reported that her efforts were by nancy beck, the chemical industry lobbyist you put in charge of regulating chemicals. nancy beck was paid by the chemical industry to lobby against chemical regulations and now retired and is running the chemical program and the proposal to ban has been abandoned. were you involved in the decision to abandon that rule-making or was that decision made by nancy beck? the rule-making has not been abandoned. you say that, but that s not accurate. do you know manufacturers have been aware of deaths linked to this use for more than 28 years but continue to produce it, yes or no? that s actually a solvent that we re considering obviously you don t want to admit what it does. despite all your scandals, the white house says you have the
track the health consequences of a cancer chemical agency and therefore regulate it. why would an agency in charge of the environment want to do that? we don t know. a spokeswoman did respond like this, no matter how much information we give you you wouldn t write a piece. the only thing inappropriate sbl . if that seems like an overheated statement coming from a spokesperson it helps to know she has only been at the epa for six months. before that worked for the american chemical council. she s not the only one. before that worked for the american chemical council. she s not the only one. nancy beck was worked there. trump s pick to lead the environmental office of chemical
american chemical council. she s not the only one. nancy beck was worked there. trump s pick to lead the environmental office of chemical safety is michael dorson, an industry researcher who spent decades working to stave off laws. and then the leading advocate runs the epa. it s being run by people the agency used to protect the environment from. i m joined by cory booker of new jersey he s a member of the city and environmental. he s introducing a new bill
equipment, or travel. the agency says the level of protection is dictated and determined by the level of threat. pruitt faces four to five times more death threats than his predecessors, that s according to the epa inspector general s office. as security spending increases, pruitt hopes to cut the epa s budget by 30% including major cuts to the agency s enforcement work and staffing. pruitt s schedule lists more than 100 meetings with the fossil fuel industry, but only five with environmental groups. what s very clear that epa administratoor pruitt is trying to cripple the agency, he s trying to slash the agency s budget. he s trying to keep the agency from doing its job from protecting public health and from protecting our environment. it s very worrisome. reporter: a former executive, nancy beck, who worked for the chemical industry, is now in charge of shaping epa s rules on hazardous chemicals. the new york times reported beck insisted the agency rewrite a rule to make it har