Here’s A List Of Commerce Committee GOPers Who Apologized To Pruitt For Dems’ Questions

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Environment Subcommittee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill April 26, 2018 in Washington, DC. The focus of nearly a dozen federal inquiries into his travel expenses, security practices and other issues, Pruitt testified about his agency's FY2019 budget proposal. — WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 26: Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt (C) and EPA CFO Holly Greaves (L) prepare to testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Environment Subcommittee in... WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 26: Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt (C) and EPA CFO Holly Greaves (L) prepare to testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Environment Subcommittee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill April 26, 2018 in Washington, DC. The focus of nearly a dozen federal inquiries into his travel expenses, security practices and other issues, Pruitt testified about his agency's FY2019 budget proposal. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) MORE LESS

April 26, 2018 4:45 p.m.

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt faced two very different crowds Thursday during a hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Environment. On one side of the aisle, Democrats pressed him on his lavish security and office furnishing costs,...

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