Matters of Policy & Politics

Area 45: Scott Pruitt On How The Trump Administration Has Reoriented The EPA

Scott Pruitt, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, discusses the EPA’s highlights and priorities.

Matters of Policy & PoliticsMarch 29, 2018
Area 45: Scott Pruitt On How The Trump Administration Has Reoriented The EPA

“Making America toxic again,” as one publication suggested, or a public servant dedicated to paring honest science and environmental stewardship? Scott Pruitt, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, stops by to explain how the Trump Administration has reoriented the EPA, its highlights and priorities, and how a former college baseball player deals with political hardball in the nation’s capital.

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