“I believe EPA has all the signs of an agency captured by industry,” he said.
Captured, you say Rep Tonko? More like bought, owned, and likely actively servicing industry.
Pruitt said he needed the booth to have a secure phone line with which he could communicate with the White House, located just a few blocks away.
When you’re plotting the big giveaways to private industry while simultaneously poisoning millions and millions of Americans secrecy is of the utmost importance.
Like the rest of Republican government…
Why should we expect the EPA to BE THE ONE agency not captured by industry.
He needs the booth. Otherwise he would have to use his Secret Decoder Ring from Ovaltine to communicate with the White House… and we all know, that SOMEONE at the White House can’t figure out how to use the Decoder Ring.
Is the ‘booth’ portable? Or can he only communicate with the White House when he is in his office?
Maybe he should not travel … at all.
Are you suggesting Pruitt is this maladministration’s designated sole survivor?
EPA - Enrich Pruitt Agency.
Nothing like a compliment from a troll who joined TPM 35 minutes ago. Are you related to Brissy by any chance. I only ask because of the double letters in the middle of the name. Go home, now.
ETA: Troll was flagged. It wasn’t even much fun to play with.
Pruitt has a cone of silence? Do his Florsheim Imperials double as a Princes Phone, too?
So I was thinking: to make absolutely sure there’s no conflict of interest, Pruitt should also not appoint to his boards any scientists who have received funds from a company that is affected by EPA enforcement actions.
Let me know when hell freezes over.
I approve of soundproof booths for all Trump cabinet members, and the Prez himself, provided they have to remain inside them. Hell, I’ll even start a GoFundMe if it helps.
What an arrogant asshole. (And I suppose that is why and how he got the appointment.)
hey, he has to have it to communicate to the white house which is blocks away - why walk, or use a secured phone when you can have a big shiny toy like those other guys do. Another example of the 6th grade mentality of these people
I think Pruitt wants a Zombie Apocalypse-proof space to hide out.
You beat me to it!
I missed it by that much…
Or
Environmental Pusillanimity Agency
I think you hit the nail on the head.
Why do the taxpayers have to pay for this stuff? I thought your employers were supposed to cover that.