Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse Mentions RI Fishermen During Pruitt Hearings

U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse quizzed President-elect Trump’s nominee for Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency about his support for Rhode Island fishermen. During Senate hearins today, Whitehouse asked Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt if “he would support the fishing and aquaculture industries in the face of climate change, and whether he would protect Rhode Islanders from out-of-state polluters.” “As we discussed when you and I met, the oceans off our Ocean State are warming due to fossil fuel-driven climate change,” said Whitehouse. Read the rest here 08:12

One Response to Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse Mentions RI Fishermen During Pruitt Hearings

  1. Joel Hovanesian says:

    The Senator has some nerve using the fishing industry to push his climate agenda. What’s crashing the fisheries are his and his colleagues unwillingness to ease the idiotic federal restrictions based on agenda driven outcome based science. This guy is reprehensible!!!

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