RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Senate Republicans haven’t yet gotten to questioning North Carolina’s new environmental agency chief as part of the confirmation process of Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s Cabinet.
A co-chairman of the Senate environment and agriculture committee said Thursday’s scheduled hearing to talk with Department of Environmental Quality Secretary Michael Regan was canceled. Sen. Andy Wells of Catawba County said a lot of things were happening Thursday and sometimes scheduled meetings don’t occur.
The Senate spent Thursday morning voting on legislation to replace the state law limiting LGBT protections known as House Bill 2. Wells says Regan’s hearing could be rescheduled for next week.
Regan was a longtime advocate for the Environmental Defense Fund and previously worked at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in the administrations of both Democratic and Republican presidents.
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