Alfredo Armendariz was director of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 6 — Texas and four surrounding states — when Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., unveiled a 2010 video of him saying his policy was analogous to ancient Romans overtaking villages: They would crucify the first five men they saw as an example to potential lawbreakers.
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