Dozens of House Democrats sent the president a letter urging him to ask the embattled Environmental Protection Agency chief to resign.
WASHINGTON, April 6 (Reuters) – Dozens of Democrats in the U. S. House of Representatives on Friday urged President Donald Trump in a letter to ask embattled Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt to resign.
Reps. Don Beyer and David Cicilline led 64 House Democrats in calling for Pruitt’s dismissal. The letter said he behaved unethically in renting a room from the wife of an energy lobbyist, wasted taxpayer money, and had taken numerous actions that contravened the EPA’s mission, including a trip to Morocco to promote U. S. exports of natural gas. Three Republicans in the 435-member House have called for Pruitt to resign. (Reporting by Timothy Gardner; Editing by Richard Chang)
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Scott Pruitt, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), speaks to employees of the Agency in Washington, U. S., February 21,2017.
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Scott Pruitt, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), greets employees of the agency in Washington, U. S., February 21,2017.
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Director of Environmental Protection Agency Scott Pruitt is sworn in by Justice Samuel Alito as his wife Marilyn holds a bible during ceremony at the Executive Office in Washington, U. S., February 17,2017.
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Scott Pruitt, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), greets employees of the agency in Washington, U. S., February 21,2017.
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Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, U. S. President-elect Donald Trump’s pick as head of the Environmental Protectional Agency, meets with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, U. S., January 6,2017.
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Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt testifies before a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee confirmation hearing on his nomination to be administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, U. S., January 18,2017.
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Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt (R), U. S. President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), meets with Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) (L) in her office on Capitol Hill in Washington, U. S. January 4,2017.
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Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, U. S. President-elect Donald Trump’s pick as head of the Environmental Protectional Agency, meets with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, U. S., January 6,2017.
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Oklahoma Farm Bureau Vice President of Public Policy John R. H. Collison (L) meets with Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt (R) to discuss state water issues at the attorney generals office in Oklahoma City, July 29,2014.
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Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt in a meeting at his office in Oklahoma City, July 29,2014.
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