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  • EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt addresses agency workers
  • Many Trump cabinet members criticized agencies they now lead
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Senate Confirms Scott Pruitt as EPA Administrator

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President Donald Trump’s newly installed environmental chief Scott Pruitt laid out his vision for reshaping the way the federal government safeguards air and water, as he tried to convince skeptical federal employees that a refashioned agency can remain effective.

Pruitt addressed the Environmental Protection Agency’s workforce -- including hundreds who had actively battled his confirmation -- on Tuesday, in his first speech since he was sworn in as administrator Friday.