GOP Senator Criticizes EPA Head's Closed-Door Meeting In North Dakota

"Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.) criticized Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt for holding a closed-door meeting during a trip to the state last week.

'I think [meetings] should be open,' Hoeven told The Bismarck Tribune on Friday. 'And when my office organizes them, that’s how we do it.'

Hoeven’s office told the Tribune that it had encouraged the EPA to open up Pruitt’s meetings with state officials last Wednesday.

Pruitt spent the day with Hoeven, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R) and Rep. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) and held closed-door meetings with agriculture and energy industry representatives."

Devin Henry reports for The Hill August 14, 2017.