"EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler is — for the first time — likely this week to face sustained congressional questioning on his agency's handling of science.
There will be plenty to discuss.
The hearing, set for Thursday morning before the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, is ostensibly on the subject of "science and technology" at EPA. But its goals extend well beyond that boilerplate description, according to a spokeswoman for Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas).
"Agency-wide policies and practices related to the development and use of science in regulatory and deregulatory decisions; the role of independent scientific advisory bodies such as the EPA Science Advisory Board and the EPA Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee; and the importance of transparency and integrity in the agency's science activities" could all come up, spokeswoman Rebekah Eskandani indicated in an email late last week."
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