Scott Pruitt blames EPA staff, policies for lavish security spending

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt said Wednesday he regrets some of his decisions that have led to complaints about his spending and ethical lapses, but stopped short of apologizing for those decisions, and shifted some the blame to EPA policy and career EPA officials.

“There have been decisions that as I look back, I would not make the same decisions again,” Pruitt said in testimony before the Senate Appropriations Interior-Environment Subcommittee. “I share your concerns about some of these decisions. I want to rectify those going forward.”