Scott Pruitt Trump cabinet member resigns
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i have no doubt that andy will continue on with our great and lasting epa agenda. we have made tremendous progress and the future of the epa is very bright trump tweeted1 u.s. president donald trump has announced the resignation of mr scott pruitt the administrator of the environmental protection agency1 i have accepted the resignation of scott pruitt as the administrator of the environmental protection agency1 within the agency scott has done an outstanding job and i will always be thankful to him for this1 the senate confirmed deputy at epa andrew wheeler will on monday assume duties as the acting administrator of the epa1 trump in a tweet announcing the resignation said pruitts deputy andrew wheeler would assume duty on monday as acting administrator1 pruitt was on monday confronted while dining with a friend at teaism restaurant in washington d.c. by a teacher identified as kristin mink 33 holding her two-year-old son1 he was trumps point man for the administrations plan to roll back environmental regulations many of which were put in place by the former president barack obama administration1 pruitt moved to quash or replace numerous environmental regulations opposed by industry lobbyists while boosting the continued burning of fossil fuels which scientists have concluded is the primary cause of climate change1 his tenure was quickly overshadowed by a number of controversies including spending 25000 dollars retrofitting his d.c. office to include a soundproof booth another 9600 dollars on office furniture 3000 dollars to have the space swept for bugs and surveillance equipment and another 1560 dollars on a dozen custom pens1 he was caught taking a 163000 dollars first-class chartered taxpayer-funded flight to watch wimbledon tennis tournament in 2017 and rented an apartment in d.c. that lists for 4300 dollars a month for just 50 dollars a night but only paid for the nights that he actually slept there1