Senator Ed Markey: 'GOP, In A Modern Era, Stands For 'Gas And Oil Party'
During the confirmation hearing for Scott Pruitt, President-elect Trump's nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency, Senator Ed Markey asked Pruitt point-blank if he believed climate change was a hoax.
"Donald Trump has called global warming a hoax caused by the Chinese," Markey said. "Do you agree that global warming is a hoax?"
Pruitt replied, "I do not."
"So Donald Trump is wrong?" Markey asked.
"I do not believe climate change is a hoax," Pruitt responded.
Read more: http://news.wgbh.org/2017/01/20/local-news/senator-ed-markey-gop-modern-era-stands-gas-and-oil-party
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