GOP demands details of green group influence on ozone rules

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The chairman of a House committee is demanding the White House turn over documents detailing communications with environmental groups ahead of a major ozone regulation announcement.

Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, chairman of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, said in a letter to White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough that he wants all communications between the Office of Management and Budget or the Executive Office of the President and outside groups regarding the new regulations.

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