{"id":5186,"date":"2017-02-01T11:36:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T16:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-statement-on-pruitt-nomination\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:09:07","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:09:07","slug":"merkley-statement-on-pruitt-nomination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-statement-on-pruitt-nomination\/","title":{"rendered":"Declaraci\u00f3n de Merkley sobre la nominaci\u00f3n de Pruitt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 El senador de Oreg\u00f3n, Jeff Merkley, emiti\u00f3 la siguiente declaraci\u00f3n despu\u00e9s de unirse a los dem\u00f3cratas en el Comit\u00e9 de Medio Ambiente y Obras P\u00fablicas para boicotear una votaci\u00f3n sobre el candidato a la Agencia de Protecci\u00f3n Ambiental (EPA), Scott Pruitt, hasta que Pruitt responda completamente a las preguntas del comit\u00e9:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cEl candidato de la EPA, Scott Pruitt, no respondi\u00f3 preguntas importantes sobre sus v\u00ednculos con la industria. Es por eso que hoy me uno al senador Tom Carper y a mis compa\u00f1eros dem\u00f3cratas del Comit\u00e9 de Medio Ambiente y Obras P\u00fablicas para boicotear la consideraci\u00f3n del comit\u00e9 sobre la nominaci\u00f3n de Pruitt hasta que responda estas preguntas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cQueremos saber: \u00bfde qu\u00e9 hablaba Pruitt con empresas como Devon Energy mientras se desempe\u00f1aba como Fiscal General de Oklahoma? Cuando le pregunt\u00e9 en la audiencia por qu\u00e9 hab\u00eda copiado y pegado palabra por palabra las palabras de Devon Energy en papel con membrete oficial del Estado de Oklahoma, evadi\u00f3 mis preguntas. En todo momento, repiti\u00f3 constantemente que &quot;tales comunicaciones pueden solicitarse a la Oficina del Procurador General de Oklahoma&quot;, aunque sabe que su oficina del Procurador General de Oklahoma tiene un historial de atender solicitudes de informaci\u00f3n de este tipo durante a\u00f1os. \u00bfQu\u00e9 intenta ocultar Scott Pruitt?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cTambi\u00e9n tenemos preguntas importantes sobre c\u00f3mo abordar\u00e1 los numerosos conflictos de intereses que surgir\u00e1n. Ha pasado la mayor parte de su tiempo como Fiscal General demandando a la agencia que ahora est\u00e1 a punto de dirigir. \u00bfSe abstendr\u00e1 permanentemente de todo lo que tenga que ver con esas demandas?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cSi no puede responder a la multitud de preguntas que le hemos hecho sobre su historial y sus puntos de vista, ni nosotros ni el pueblo estadounidense podemos confiar en que Pruitt est\u00e9 trabajando para mantener el aire y el agua limpios, en lugar de proteger las ganancias de los contaminadores.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cHasta que Scott Pruitt responda estas importantes preguntas; Hasta que aclare sus posiciones y nos diga c\u00f3mo va a resolver los numerosos conflictos de intereses que plantea su nominaci\u00f3n, ser\u00eda irresponsable que el comit\u00e9 votara sobre su nominaci\u00f3n. Los republicanos del comit\u00e9 deber\u00edan enfrentarse a Trump e insistir en que hay tiempo para terminar el trabajo, pero si no lo hacen, los dem\u00f3cratas del comit\u00e9 no ser\u00e1n c\u00f3mplices. El pueblo estadounidense exige y merece rendici\u00f3n de cuentas y transparencia en su gobierno. Eso significa una investigaci\u00f3n exhaustiva de Pruitt\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. &ndash; Oregon&rsquo;s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after he joined Democrats on the Environment and Public Works Committee to boycott a vote on Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) nominee Scott Pruitt until Pruitt fully answers the committee&rsquo;s questions: &ldquo;EPA nominee Scott Pruitt failed to answer important questions about his ties to industry. 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