Gosar to Pursue Impeachment of EPA’s McCarthy

Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) will introduce a resolution Sept. 10 or 11 that would impeach Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy for alleged perjury in congressional testimony, his spokesman, Steven Smith, told Bloomberg BNA Sept. 9.

Gosar alleges McCarthy committed perjury when testifying about the agency’s Clean Water Act jurisdictional rulemaking during three congressional hearings: July 9 before the House Science, Space and Technology Committee; July 29 before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee; and Feb. 4 before the Senate Environment and Public Works and House Transportation and Infrastructure committees.

“Administrator McCarthy committed perjury and made several false statements ...