{"id":558,"date":"2022-02-01T20:44:07","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T20:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valcv26.wpenginepowered.com\/newsroom\/senators-make-right-call-by-pulling-wheeler-from-consideration-for-younkin-cabinet-post\/"},"modified":"2022-02-01T20:44:07","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T20:44:07","slug":"senators-make-right-call-by-pulling-wheeler-from-consideration-for-younkin-cabinet-post","status":"publish","type":"valcv_release","link":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/newsroom\/senators-make-right-call-by-pulling-wheeler-from-consideration-for-younkin-cabinet-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Los senadores toman la decisi\u00f3n correcta al retirar a Wheeler de la consideraci\u00f3n para el puesto en el gabinete de Youngkin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>RICHMOND<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 Today, the Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections voted 9-6 to remove Andrew Wheeler from SJ 84, a resolution to confirm Governor Youngkin\u2019s cabinet-level appointments.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wheeler, a former coal lobbyist and head of the Environmental Protection Agency under President Trump where he presided over an unprecedented reversal of environmental laws and regulations, drew immediate criticism when he was nominated to be Virginia\u2019s next Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">En respuesta a la acci\u00f3n de hoy, <\/span><b>Michael Town, director ejecutivo de la Virginia League of Conservation Voters<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, issued the following statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAndrew Wheeler is unfit to lead Virginia\u2019s environmental agencies. Today, Senators in the Privileges and Elections Committee made the right call by removing him from consideration. We hope the Youngkin Administration can find a replacement Secretary who actually has a demonstrable record of caring about environmental protection, not working to undermine safeguards that protect clean air, clean water, and our health.\u201d<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RICHMOND \u2013 Today, the Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections voted 9-6 to remove Andrew Wheeler from SJ 84, a resolution to confirm Governor Youngkin\u2019s cabinet-level appointments.\u00a0\u00a0 Wheeler, a former coal lobbyist and head of the Environmental Protection Agency under President Trump where he presided over an unprecedented reversal of environmental laws and regulations, drew [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-558","valcv_release","type-valcv_release","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/valcv_release\/558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/valcv_release"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/valcv_release"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/valcv_release\/558\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}