Senate Environment and Public Works ranking member Sheldon Whitehouse plans to question a senior Justice Department official at his Wednesday hearing for an appointment to the federal bench about his involvement in the freeze and termination of $20 billion of EPA climate grants.
In a letter sent last week and released Monday, Whitehouse (D-R.I.) asked Emil Bove to supply information about his work related to the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, which EPA has sought to claw back.
“Mr. Bove should be prepared to discuss his role in DOJ’s efforts to freeze lawfully appropriated Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) grants,” Whitehouse wrote.
Whitehouse cited reporting from earlier this year on the resignation of Denise Cheung, a senior prosecutor in the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington.
