{"id":5155,"date":"2017-02-16T17:18:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T22:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/wyden-merkley-demand-scott-pruitt-recuse-himself-from-all-issues-related-to-lawsuits-he-brought-against-the-epa-to-overturn-or-weaken-clean-air-and-water-pollution-rules\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:09:05","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:09:05","slug":"wyden-merkley-demand-scott-pruitt-recuse-himself-from-all-issues-related-to-lawsuits-he-brought-against-the-epa-to-overturn-or-weaken-clean-air-and-water-pollution-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/wyden-merkley-demand-scott-pruitt-recuse-himself-from-all-issues-related-to-lawsuits-he-brought-against-the-epa-to-overturn-or-weaken-clean-air-and-water-pollution-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Wyden y Merkley exigen que Scott Pruitt se abstenga de participar en todos los asuntos relacionados con las demandas que present\u00f3 contra la EPA para anular o debilitar las normas sobre contaminaci\u00f3n del aire y el agua limpias"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington DC<\/i><\/b> \u2013 Los senadores estadounidenses de Oreg\u00f3n, Ron Wyden y Jeff Merkley, junto con otros 28 senadores, pidieron hoy al candidato a administrador de la Agencia de Protecci\u00f3n Ambiental (EPA), Scott Pruitt, que se abstenga de participar en cualquier asunto relacionado con el litigio que inici\u00f3 contra la EPA como Fiscal General de Oklahoma.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

En una carta a Pruitt, los senadores pidieron espec\u00edficamente a Pruitt que se abstuviera de tomar decisiones sobre c\u00f3mo se defender\u00e1 la EPA contra las demandas que present\u00f3 mientras esos casos est\u00e9n activos. Tambi\u00e9n presionaron a Pruitt para que se abstenga de cualquier acci\u00f3n que la EPA pueda tomar como resultado de una acci\u00f3n judicial sobre un litigio del cual est\u00e1 recusado, as\u00ed como para que se abstenga de dirigir la revisi\u00f3n o eliminaci\u00f3n de cualquier regulaci\u00f3n con respecto a cuestiones sobre las cuales ha demandado a la EPA. EPA. Durante su testimonio en su audiencia de confirmaci\u00f3n y en las preguntas de seguimiento para que conste en acta, Pruitt se neg\u00f3 a recusarse de cualquiera de estos asuntos.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cEl pueblo estadounidense debe tener la m\u00e1xima confianza en que los miembros de la administraci\u00f3n Trump sirven exclusivamente a nuestros intereses nacionales\u201d. <\/b>escribieron los senadores en la carta a Pruitt. \u201cHasta que no acepte abstenerse de todos los asuntos (incluida la regulaci\u00f3n) relacionados con su litigio contra la EPA durante su mandato, carecer\u00e1n de esa confianza.<\/b>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cTambi\u00e9n es imposible que usted (o cualquier acci\u00f3n que pueda tomar como Administrador de la EPA) sea considerado imparcial si esa acci\u00f3n consiste en la derogaci\u00f3n o debilitamiento de las protecciones ambientales a trav\u00e9s de una regulaci\u00f3n que originalmente busc\u00f3 lograr mediante un litigio.<\/b>\u201d, escribieron tambi\u00e9n los senadores.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Otros senadores que firmaron la carta incluyen a Edward Markey, dem\u00f3crata de Massachusetts, Thomas R. Carper, dem\u00f3crata de Delaware, Tammy Duckworth, dem\u00f3crata de Illinois, Al Franken, dem\u00f3crata de Minnesota, Elizabeth Warren, dem\u00f3crata de Massachusetts, Richard Blumenthal. , D-Conn., Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., Tom Udall , DN.M., Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Md., Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., Benjamin L. Cardin, D-Md. , Robert Menendez, DN.J., Kirsten Gillibrand, DN.Y., Robert P. Casey, Jr, D-Penn., Jack Reed, DR.I., Patty Murray, D-Wash., Cory Booker, DN. Y., Debbie Stabenow, dem\u00f3crata por Michigan, Bernard Sanders, I-Vt., Chris Murphy, dem\u00f3crata por Connecticut, Tammy Baldwin, dem\u00f3crata por Wisconsin, Sherrod Brown, dem\u00f3crata por Ohio, Jeanne Shaheen, DN.H., Margaret Wood Hassan, DN.H., Kamala D. Harris, dem\u00f3crata por California, Gary C. Peters, dem\u00f3crata por Michigan, Maria Cantwell, dem\u00f3crata por Washington y Mazie Hirono, dem\u00f3crata por Haw\u00e1i.<\/span><\/p>\n

Una copia de los senadores La carta se puede encontrar aqu\u00ed.<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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