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Rep. Don Beyer today released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency announced that it would roll back the clean car standards as scandals continued to pile up around Administrator Scott Pruitt: 

“Scott Pruitt’s decision to weaken our clean car standards will hurt Americans’ health, economy, and environment, but it may well help the bottom lines of the special interests for whom Pruitt really works.

“What benefit does this decision give to the clients of the lobbyist whose firm represented so many interested parties while he secretly gave Scott Pruitt a special deal on condo rent? What correspondence did Pruitt or his political appointees have with that lobbying firm or the companies they represent before issuing this decision? We need answers to these questions and many others to fully understand why Pruitt and Trump again acted to weaken the US fight against climate change.

“For too long, Scott Pruitt has operated under a veil of secrecy, systematically undermining environmental regulations to benefit a select few. The cloud of corruption and scandal surrounding him is thickening, and the American people deserve the truth.”