[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 72 (Tuesday, April 27, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2207-S2208]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                   Nomination of Janet Garvin McCabe

  Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. President, we are about to vote cloture on Janet 
McCabe, the No. 2 at the EPA, and I vehemently oppose her nomination to 
this position.
  She is the architect of the Clean Power Plan that basically racked my 
economy in West Virginia, and she has not backed down from that in her 
testimony. She is very supportive of that plan and even more.

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  Her boss at the EPA at the time was Gina McCarthy. Guess where she is 
now--in the White House. She, again, will be Janet McCabe's boss in the 
White House, dictating from there.
  During her time at the EPA before, she didn't listen, she wouldn't 
come to West Virginia, and she basically showed very little interest in 
what happens to the people most deeply affected by the policies that 
she put forward.
  So given her past actions and present statements, I cannot support 
someone who would work to destroy a State's economy, such as ours was 
destroyed, and our communities and their livelihoods.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Delaware.
  Mr. CARPER. Mr. President, I rise today to urge our colleagues to 
join me in voting for cloture on the nomination of Janet McCabe to 
serve as Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
  Running an Agency like the EPA requires that person to work with and 
serve people regardless of their political persuasion. Some people 
strive to be bipartisan. Janet McCabe has a proven record of being 
bipartisan. That is one of the reasons why nine former EPA Deputy 
Administrators and Administrators support her nomination, including 
four Republicans who served in the Reagan, the George H.W. and the 
George W. Bush administrations.
  Janet has served as a senior EPA manager. She is a pragmatic and a 
good listener. That trait comes in no small part from her Hoosier 
background and the time that she spent with pragmatic people who will 
do the right thing if they understand what is needed. That is what 
Janet McCabe will bring with her to the role of Deputy Administrator at 
EPA, if confirmed. I urge my colleagues to join me in voting yes on 
this nomination.
  I yield.

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