EPA, Armendariz Blasted at House Hearing
At a U.S. House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing Wednesday, Congressional Republicans heaped criticism on Al Armendariz, who resigned this spring as head of the Environmental Protection Agency's south-central regional office after controversial comments surfaced about his regulation philosophy.
"He had a preconceived mind-set [and] viewed himself more as an executioner than as a fair umpire," said U.S Rep. Joe Barton, R-Ennis, at the hearing, which is still ongoing.
Armendariz, who has apologized for his comments from 2010 comparing enforcement efforts against oil and gas violators to "crucifixion," had been scheduled to testify but canceled at the ...
Comments (4)
Lee Dunkelberg via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Oh . . . that's a shock . . . a bunch of hyped up House Tea Partiers on an obscure subcommittee don't like the EPA.
I also suppose they'd have us believe Barton is fair and impartial . . . these witch hunts are tiresome.
Nicholas Vilbas via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Ol Smokey Joe doesn't have much room to talk
Wilkins Micawber
Joe Barton is the probably the oiliest shyster in the House: a sputtering, spuming dry hole whose off-gassing suffocates rational discourse under a fetid blanket of rotten egg fumes.
ChicoMendez
He probably made he right decision....http://imanarmendariz.com/