Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt testifies on the agency’s 2019 budget at a House Appropriations subcommittee meeting on Capitol Hill in April. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)Another high-level aide to Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt is leaving the agency this week, as federal investigators continue to scrutinize the administrator’s spending and management decisions. Liz Bowman, the agency’s top spokesman, is stepping down to become communications director for Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa). “I leave extremely thankful for the opportunity to serve the Trump Administration and Administrator Pruitt,” Bowman wrote in a statement. She will work for a great member that has a great future in front of her.”Before working at the EPA, Bowman directed communications at the American Chemistry Council, the lobbying arm in Washington of the chemicals industry.

Source: Washington Post May 03, 2018 16:44 UTC