This week, Senate hearings to confirm Trumps Cabinet nominees are scheduled. Two in particular are of concern to Wyoming citizens. Please call Senators Barrasso and Enzi in protest of these nominees.
Scott Pruitt
Oklahoma attorney general Scott Pruitt has been nominated to be administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Mr. Pruitt’s career reflects an extreme antagonism to the very agency the president wishes him to head. Mr. Pruitt’s Senate confirmation hearing was marked by him misleading senators, refusing to disclose energy companies from whom he solicited donations, and evading questions that prompted a scathing rebuke from environment committee senators.
Read this article from the Natural Resource Defense Council: https://www.nrdc.org/experts/john-walke/trump-epa-nominee-answers-senators-contempt-and-extremism?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=socialmedia
Betsy DeVos
Billionaire and lobbyist Betsy DeVos is Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Education. DeVos has no professional experience in public schools, but she has lobbied for decades to expand charter schools and taxpayer-funded vouchers for private and religious schools. She has said her mission for education is, ” … to confront the culture in ways that will continue to advance God’s kingdom.”
Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2017/01/20/the-ethics-review-for-trumps-education-pick-betsy-devos-is-complete-clearing-the-way-for-a-confirmation-vote/?utm_term=.12ab2690083a
Mother Jones: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/01/betsy-devos-christian-schools-vouchers-charter-education-secretary
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