Chairman John Barrasso
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WASHINGTON, DC - Following the strategy of other Senate committees, today Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman John Barrasso (R-WY) suspended rules requiring members of the minority party to be present to establish a quorum so his committee could advance the nomination of President Trump’s nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency.
Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt now moves to the full Senate for a vote. A simple majority is all that is required there, however, no date for the vote has been set yet.