My god this man is despicable
Quote:The $43,000 soundproof phone booth that Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt had installed in his office last year violated federal spending laws, the Government Accountability Office said Monday.
In an eight-page letter to lawmakers, GAO general counsel Thomas H. Armstrong said the agency failed to notify lawmakers that it was exceeding the $5,000 limit for agency heads to furnish, redecorate or otherwise make improvements to their offices. In addition, Armstrong wrote, the agency also violated the federal Antideficiency Act, “because EPA obligated appropriated funds in a manner specifically prohibited by law.”
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But he's still in place, even after everything we've found out about him. That tells us how important dismantling the EPA is to the folks in the GOP who are running things. He may still end up getting the boot if it is deemed the bad news associated with him is working significant electoral damage but if that happens, his replacement will be of the same sort.
And is this the right time to recall that we now know Shell was aware -
in the 1980s - of global warming caused by the burning of fossil fuels. And so they poured money into the lie that the science was garbage to protect their financial position. Really top-drawer humans, these guys.