Sanders: McCarthy hearing is really about global warming

Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vt., said Thursday morning that the confirmation hearing for Gina McCarthy, President Obama’s pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency, was not really about McCarthy at all, but about the “crisis” of global warming.

Sanders’ comments came after several Republican senators, including John Barrasso of Wyoming and David Vitter of Louisiana, expressing concern over the economic effects of strict air and water regulations McCarthy helped develop during her tenure at EPA.