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Capito calls out Mallory, McCabe for past comments stereotyping WV residents

Gailyn Markham by Gailyn Markham
Thursday, March 4, 2021 2:57 pm
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Wednesday, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, participated in the nomination hearing of Brenda Mallory to be chair of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and Janet McCabe to be deputy administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Watch Ranking Member Capito’s opening statement here and questions for both witnesses here.

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EPA BUREAUCRATS NOT COMFORTABLE IN WEST VIRGINIA: “You might recall, Ms. McCabe, that you testified before the committee in 2015 when you were at EPA, and I asked you then why—with such a far reaching agenda as the Clean Power Plan—why you were not holding a public hearing in my state of West Virginia which is deeply impacted by this. And you said at the time ‘We wanted to have those meetings in locations where people were comfortable coming.’”

ROUGH AND TUMBLE WEST VIRGINIANS: “Ms. Mallory, you gave an example from your private federal service in a webinar in 2019. And the quote you have was, ‘The question was whether I should be sent to a meeting in West Virginia because you know how the boys are in West Virginia.’ And then you talked about a perception among higher levels of government leadership that the people in West Virginia were ‘rough and tumble.’ You stated, ‘This was coming from two levels above me and my direct supervisor was like “I’m not comfortable with those people.”’ You can image how that hits you being a native West Virginian myself, and also these policies that you all are going to be putting forward and coordinating are going to have deep impacts on the 1.8 million people living in my state.”

THE DEFINITION OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: “But I also think with joblessness comes an expanded environmental hazard. When you have people who have depression or opioid addictions or joblessness or hopelessness, the environment surrounding those folks, those homes, those communities, I think can be just as damaging to our environment in some ways as maybe a factory or a power plant… There’s a great emphasis in this administration on environmental justice and equity. And that’s a lot of the words that are used…I think [the definition] does matter because we’ll be putting a lot of resources into this, meaning federal dollars. I know there have been some promises in the some of the Executive Orders that 40% of whatever the benefits would be from green energy would go back into the communities. But you can hear the skepticism of the states that have been impacted before.”

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Gailyn Markham is a multimedia journalist for Lootpress. She joined the Lootpress staff in November of 2020. Gailyn graduated from Concord University in May of 2019 with a BA in English Journalism and a minor in Sociology. During her time there, she was a staff writer for the school’s newspaper, “The Concordian,” and received the 2019 Outstanding Journalist Award for her work. Before joining the Lootpress team, Gailyn interned for The Register-Herald and, upon completing her internship, was asked to continue working as a freelance writer. She freelanced for the newspaper for two years. A West Virginia native, Gailyn has always been devoted to telling the stories of the Mountain State. When she isn’t working, she enjoys taking advantage of West Virginia’s many outdoor adventures, reading, and renovating her home with her husband, Chris. For news tips or story ideas, email Gailyn at gailynmarkham@lootpress.com. You can also follow her on Facebook.

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