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Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., speaks with a reporter on Capitol Hill, Monday, Feb. 12, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Sen. John Kennedy tells Scott Pruitt ‘Stop leading with your chin’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 18, 2017, file photo, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator-designate, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. Pruitt has spent millions of dollars in taxpayer funds on unprecedented security precautions that include a full-time detail of 20 armed officers, according to agency sources and documents reviewed by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Security for EPA chief comes at a steep cost to taxpayers

By MICHAEL BIESECKER - Associated Press

New Mexico senators join call for EPA chief to resign

Associated Press

In this Jan. 18, 2017, file photo, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator-designate, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. Pruitt has spent millions of dollars in taxpayer funds on unprecedented security precautions that include a full-time detail of 20 armed officers, according to agency sources and documents reviewed by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

AP sources: EPA chief spent millions on security and travel

By MICHAEL BIESECKER - Associated Press

Then-Environmental Protection Agency Administrator (EPA) Gina McCarthy speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, to discuss Volkswagen emissions. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Gina McCarthy, former EPA head: Scott Pruitt needs to be more concerned about the environment

By Sally Persons - The Washington Times

Attorney General Jeff Sessions listens during a summit in the East Room of the White House in Washington on March 1, 2018. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Donald Trump mulled replacing Jeff Sessions with Scott Pruitt this week: Report

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt speaks in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, June 2, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) ** FILE **

Scott Pruitt, EPA head, accused of dumping agent who refused to misuse sirens in traffic: Report

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 12, 2018 photo, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt attends a meeting at the White House in Washington. Trump is offering his support to the head of the Environmental Protection Agency who is at the center of swirling ethics questions. Two administration officials confirmed that the president called Scott Pruitt on Monday and told him that “we’ve got your back.” (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

The Latest: Trump praises EPA head, is looking into reports

Associated Press

President Donald Trump talks with reporters aboard Air Force One on a flight to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Thursday, April 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump expresses confidence in EPA chief as questions linger

By MICHAEL BIESECKER - Associated Press

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt, center, winks at National Automobile Dealers Association president and CEO Peter Welch, right, as he takes the podium to speak at a news conference at the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, Tuesday, April 3, 2018, on his decision to scrap Obama administration fuel standards. Also pictured is Global Automakers president and CEO John Bozzella, left. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

The Latest: Trump’s not OK with recent news about Pruitt

Associated Press

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt attends a news conference at the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, Tuesday, April 3, 2018, on his decision to scrap Obama administration fuel standards. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Scott Pruitt says implementing Trump agenda at EPA has critics ‘infuriated’

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this June 1, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump shakes hands with EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt after speaking about the U.S. role in the Paris climate change accord in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Donald Trump tells EPA chief Scott Pruitt his job is safe

By Ben Wolfgang and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this April 3, 2018 file photo Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt speaks at a news conference at the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington. Pruitt indicated this week he may target a longstanding federal waiver that allows California to set its own, tougher tailpipe emission standards, an exception that's allowed the state to prod the rest of nation to do more against air pollution and climate change for a half-century. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik,File)

Scott Pruitt should be fired by Trump, House Republicans Carlos Curbelo, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen say

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE- In this Sept. 13, 2017, file photo, cars wait in line for gas as a station in Miromar Lakes, Fla. Environmental regulators announced on Monday, April 2, 2018, they will ease emissions standards for cars and trucks, saying that a timeline put in place by President Obama was not appropriate and set standards “too high.” (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

EPA to ease back emissions standards

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

The Capitol Hill condo building where Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt has stayed in Washington, Friday, March 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

EPA says Pruitt’s condo lease didn’t violate ethics rules

By MICHAEL BIESECKER - Associated Press

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt talks with local media following a press conference after taking a tour of the Black Thunder coal mine outside of Wright, Wyo., Thursday, Mar. 29, 2018. (Josh Galemor/The Casper Star-Tribune via AP) ** FILE **

Scott Pruitt, EPA chief, scraps Obama-era fuel efficiency rules

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 12, 2018 photo, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt attends a meeting with state and local officials and President Donald Trump about infrastructure in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. Senate Democrats are pressing Pruitt on whether a key member of his security team improperly steered a government contract to a personal business associate. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Scott Pruitt doomed over lobbyist condo deal, Chris Christie says

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt paid a powerful lobbyist $50 a night to stay at this condo on Capitol Hill. Even the cheapest single rooms in the major-chain hotels in that neighborhood typically start at four or five times that amount. (Associated Press/File)

Scott Pruitt, EPA administrator, rented condo raising ethics questions

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

US government, Montana county make deal over water system

By MATT VOLZ - Associated Press

Traffic streaks along U.S. Highway 50 early in the morning, Friday, March 30, 2018 across the Potomac River from Washington in Arlingotn, Va. The Trump administration is expected to announce that it will roll back automobile gas mileage and pollution standards that were approved during the Obama administration. Current regulations call for new vehicles to get 36 miles per gallon in real-world driving by 2025. That's about 10 mpg over the existing standard. Automakers say they'll have trouble reaching the new standards because people want bigger vehicles. But environmental groups say the technology exists for automakers to comply. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

Trump EPA expected to roll back auto gas mileage standards

By TOM KRISHER - Associated Press