"Dem Senators Call For Probe Into EPA Officials Over Memo Language"

"Two Democratic senators are calling for another probe into the head of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) air office after comments from an old lobbying client were incorporated verbatim in an EPA memo.

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee ranking member Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) have requested an investigation of EPA Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation Bill Wehrum and his deputy chief David Harlow, both former lobbyists for Hunton Andrews Kurth.

Both men signed a pledge to recuse themselves from dealing with former clients, but Whitehouse and Carper think those pledges may have been violated."

Rebecca Beitsch reports for The Hill May 6, 2019.

Source: The Hill, 05/07/2019