Will this presidential election be the most important in American history?
Yesterday, Senator David Vitter (R-LA) caved on his plan to block Gina McCarthy’s nomination as the head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
In a press release announcing his decision, Vitter claimed he won major concessions from the EPA regarding five requests on improving the agency’s transparency.
Vitter’s statement:
“I’ve had very productive conversations with EPA over the last several weeks, and believe the agency has taken significant steps forward on our five transparency requests,” Vitter said. “These are huge, significant steps forward to bringing transparency to the agency, and I see no further reason to block Gina McCarthy’s nomination, and I’ll support moving to an up-or-down vote on her nomination.”
It’s extremely disappointing to see Vitter cave over McCarthy’s nomination. The EPA is running wild: issuing a series of new regulations, using secret email accounts and it’s the driving force advancing President Obama’s climate change agenda that will bankrupt the coal industry.
Instead of leveraging his position as the top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee to take a stand against McCarthy and the out of control EPA, Vitter decided to declare victory and go home.
This is so weak…