SHAHEEN SPEAKS OUT AGAINST OBSTRUCTION OF EPA NOMINEE

(Washington, DC) – U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen released the following statement today expressing disappointment over the boycott by Republican senators of this morning’s scheduled Environment and Public Works Committee vote on Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) nominee Gina McCarthy:

“I was deeply disappointed to see Republican members of the Environment and Public Works committee fail to appear at the confirmation hearing for EPA nominee, Gina McCarthy,” said Shaheen.  “Ms. McCarthy has earned and deserves a fair hearing.  She has both the experience and expertise to do the job.  The refusal of senators to even participate in her confirmation hearing is simply unacceptable.  This type of obstructionism and grandstanding has no place in our government, and I am hopeful that the committee will quickly reschedule this vote and move forward in good faith with McCarthy’s nomination.”