Pruitt epitomizes a more general trend evident in Trump’s picks: the choice to name people who are downright hostile to the mission of the agency they are appointed to run.
That is clear in nominees such as Tom Price,the Georgia congressman who has fought to repeal the Affordable Care Act, to head of Health and Human Services; or Betsy DeVos, and a committed proponent of defunding public education,as education secretary; or Andrew Puzder, fast-food chain magnate and opponent of raising minimum wages, or to lead the Labor Department.
All maintain established records of fighting to intestine regulations and maintain stated publicly their intentions to thwart what they see as the uncertain and damaging regulatory zeal of their respective agencies.
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