administrator for policy. all former staffers of the senator who believes climate change is a hoax. the epa is stocked with former inhofe staffers, and this is reflected in the types of policies that you see coming out of epa right now. so, do you think the goal is to just destroy epa flat out? i think that the goal is to undermine climate protections to roll back existing rules and to erode fundamental environmental laws. mr. wheeler in. reporter: what is wheeler s response? just one question? reporter: we re waiting. drew, that means we still do not really have an answer as to why it s okay for a coal industry lobbyist to now run an agency that regulates the coal industry. reporter: certainly not from wheeler himself. he s not answering our questions. but we did hear back from his staff at epa. they wanted to point out a couple of, i would call them finer points, anderson. number one while wheeler was