Source: United States Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) issued the following statement ahead of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee nomination vote on Joseph Goffman to be Assistant Administrator at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s Office of Air and Radiation:
“As one of the key architects of the Clean Power Plan in the Obama Administration, Joe Goffman’s bias against North Dakota energy is clear. Despite recent direction from the Supreme Court on the importance of congressional intent, I have little confidence he will follow the letter of the law given his history of stretching the legal boundaries of the Clean Air Act. Voting no on his nomination is the only option and I encourage the Biden Administration to change course.”
At his nomination hearing in May, Senator Cramer questioned Goffman on the Biden Administration’s plan to replace the Clean Power Plan. Senator Cramer called out the EPA’s bait-and-switch tactics in the Clean Power Plan in regards to emission reductions targets during the Obama Administration.