The inquiries involving EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt include:
⢠Actions by his office to hire EPA employees using authority granted under the Safe Drinking Water Act and then to immediately award them substantial pay raises.
ā¢An April 2017 meeting with the National Mining Associationās executive committee on the Paris climate accord that may have violated anti-lobbying laws.
By the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
⢠Work travels domestically and abroad.
⢠A 2017 condo rental from a Washington lobbyist.
⢠Arrangements surrounding his security detail.
By the White House
⢠Allegations stemming from Pruittās overall ethics and management decisions (review by White House staff).
⢠Pruittās installation of a nearly $43,000 soundproof phone booth in his office (review by the Office of Management and Budget).
By the Government Accountability Office
⢠A nearly $43,000 soundproof phone booth. (The GAO has found that expenditures on the booth violated federal spending laws.)
⢠Dismissal of scientists from EPA advisory boards.
⢠An appearance in a National Cattlemenās Beef Association video in which he discussed his opposition to the āWaters of the United Statesā rule.
ā The Washington Post