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Lawmakers Take Different Approaches to Pruitt at Hearing

By Bian Elkhatib
Posted April 26, 2018 at 5:20pm

By Bian Elkhatib

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Scott Pruitt, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, faced questions from members of Congress at a hearing on Thursday. Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., said if he was Trump he would have fired Pruitt after allegations of flying first-class and renting an apartment from lobbyists emerged earlier this month.

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