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In this May 16, 2018, photo, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt appears before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies on budget on Capitol Hill in Washington. Pruitt claimed credit for pollution cleanups done mostly by the Obama administration while flubbing facts about his 2017 condo deal and blaming underlings for his ethical woes. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump and the Washington blame game

By CALVIN WOODWARD and ELLIOT SPAGAT - Associated Press

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt arrives to testify before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on budget on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 16, 2018. Pruitt goes before a Senate panel Wednesday as he faces a growing number of federal ethics investigations over his lavish spending on travel and security. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Email challenges Pruitt account on motorcade lights, siren

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and MICHAEL BIESECKER - Associated Press

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt, accompanied by Chairman Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, center, and a member of his security, left, arrives to testify before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on budget on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 16, 2018. Pruitt goes before a Senate panel Wednesday as he faces a growing number of federal ethics investigations over his lavish spending on travel and security. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

The Latest: Pruitt denies aide shopped bad press about Zinke

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FILE - In this April 26, 2018 file photo, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt listen to questions as he testifies before the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Pruitt demanded and received unprecedented around-the-clock armed security protection on his very first day at the agency. EPA’s internal watchdog disclosed new details on Monday about the pricey security arrangements taken to protect Pruitt in letters sent to two Democratic senators. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Watchdog: EPA’s Pruitt demanded 24/7 armed security on Day 1

By MICHAEL BIESECKER - Associated Press

EPA study finds arsenic, lead in canyon near Salt Lake City

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Action ‘shortly’ on solvent after Pruitt and families meet

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EPA finds more lead contamination in northwestern Indiana

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EPA requests new contamination testing at Michigan tannery

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Portland Harbor Superfund: Who pays for what?

By CASSANDRA PROFITA - Associated Press

In this April 26, 2018 photo, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt removes his glasses as he testifies at a hearing of the House Appropriations subcommittee for the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, on Capitol Hil in Washington. The lobbyist whose wife rented a condo to Environmental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt at $50 a night sought EPA committee posts for a lobbying client about the time Pruitt moved out, according to a newly released EPA memo. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Wife of Scott Pruitt’s lobbyist landlord sought EPA appointments

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The Latest: Brown pledges fierce fight on vehicle emissions

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Illustration on reforming the EPA by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Reforming the Environmental Protection Agency

By Zippy Duvall

CORRECTS THE POSITION OF PERROTTA TO LEFT, NOT SECOND LEFT - FILE - In this April 19, 2017, file photo, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt speaks at a news conference with Pasquale &quot;Nino&quot; Perrotta, left, in East Chicago, Ind. Pruitt is announcing the departure of two top aides amid ethics investigations at the agency. Pruitt says his security chief, Pasquale &quot;Nino&quot; Perrotta, was retiring. He gave no cause, but Pruitt's spending on security at the EPA is the subject of ongoing federal investigations. Pruitt also announced the departure of Albert Kelly, a former Oklahoma banker in charge of the toxic waste cleanups. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford, File)

EPA security chief, Superfund head leave amid ethics probes

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER - Associated Press

The Richmond city skyline can be seen on the horizon behind the coal ash ponds near Dominion Energy's Chesterfield Power Station in Chester, Va., Tuesday, May 1, 2018. Virginia's governor says the state has no plans to change its coal ash management practices, despite an Environmental Protection Agency proposal that would roll back federal regulations governing the byproduct generated by coal-burning power plants. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Virginia to maintain coal ash rules, opposes EPA rollback

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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt arrives to the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Scott Pruitt, EPA chief, on hot seat as he appears before Congress

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt testifies before the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

The Latest: EPA inspector general weighs in on Pruitt remark

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Protesters listen to speakers talk about EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and the state of the EPA during a protest by the American Federation of Government Employees union, Wednesday, April 25, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

At hearings, EPA chief seeks to divert blame for ethics woes

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and MICHAEL BIESECKER - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 19, 2017, file photo, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt speaks at a news conference with Pasquale &quot;Nino&quot; Perrotta, second from left, in East Chicago, Ind. Perrotta, the security chief for the head of the Environmental Protection Agency worked on the side as a private investigator for the owner of a tabloid news company with close ties to President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford, File)

EPA security chief also worked for owner of tabloid company

By MICHAEL BIESECKER and JEFF HORWITZ - Associated Press

Rep. Dale Kildee, D-Mich., speaks about EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and the state of the EPA during a protest by the American Federation of Government Employees union, Wednesday, April 25, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Facing Congress, EPA chief doesn’t appear ready to apologize

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

In this Feb. 12, 2018, file photo, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt attends a meeting at the White House in Washington. Pruitt flew in coach-class seats on at least two trips when taxpayers weren’t footing the bill, despite claims he needed to travel in first class at government expense because of security threats. Copies of Pruitt’s official schedule released following a public records request show flights made in August and October to Oklahoma on Southwest Airlines, a carrier that doesn’t offer premium-class seats.(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Scott Pruitt pushes forward controversial plan that requires scientific studies to be transparent

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times