The path for two of President Joe Biden’s top environmental picks won Senate committee approval on Wednesday, greatly increasing the likelihood that they will eventually be confirmed.
The Environment and Public Works Committee approved the nominations of Brenda Mallory to be the head of the White House Council on Environmental Quality and Janet McCabe to be the Environmental Protection Agency’s deputy administrator. Both Mallory and McCabe were approved on 11-9 votes.
During her opening remarks, ranking member Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) expressed disapproval for both nominees, saying McCabe has “doubled down” on the Obama-era Clean Power Plan—which she played ...
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