Senate Dems want Pruitt vote delayed over emails
Source: The Hill
Senate Democrats want to delay a vote on President Trumps Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) nominee due to a pending court case regarding email records.
Democrats on the Environment and Public Works Committee, led by Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), said that emails that Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitts office is likely to release publicly soon may be important in considering his nomination.
Granting this request to schedule consideration of Mr. Pruitts nomination at a time that permits Senators to receive and review the information we previously requested is compelled, in our view, by the Senates obligation to provide advice and consent on Mr. Pruitts nomination, the Democrats wrote in a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). These records are needed for the Senate to evaluate Mr. Pruitts suitability to serve in the position for which he has been nominated.
McConnell on Monday teed up a vote in the full Senate on Pruitts nomination. That vote will likely happen sometime this week.
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