Shitstain Renominates "Overwhelmingly Unqualified" Candidates For NASA, CEQ, NOAA, EPA
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The list includes Kathleen Hartnett White for head of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Andrew Wheeler for deputy administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Barry Lee Myers for head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); and Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-OK) for administrator of NASA, one of the nation’s leading scientific agencies.
Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE), the top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, said the Trump administration should expect a fight on White’s renomination. “This is not just another Trump nominee. In the 17 years I have been in the Senate, I have never sat through a hearing as excruciating as Ms. White’s,” Carper said in a statement Monday. “Even if the administration insists on doubling down on candidates who have proven to be so clearly unacceptable, those of us in the Senate must still be able to recognize when someone is overwhelmingly unfit for such a crucial position.”
White is a senior fellow and director of the Armstrong Center for Energy and the Environment at the fossil-fuel funded Texas Public Policy Foundation and previously served as chair of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
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Bridenstine is a politician without any scientific credentials, unlike previous NASA chiefs. His nomination has been criticized by both of Florida’s senators, Marco Rubio (R) and Bill Nelson (D). Rubio said, “I just think [his nomination] could be devastating for the space program.”
In 2013, Bridenstine gave a speech on the House floor filled with standard denier talking points and ended his remarks with a demand that President Barack Obama apologize for funding research into climate science.
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https://thinkprogress.org/trump-renominates-candidates-9288b4f4f036/
