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House science panel subpoenas 5,000 text messages to and from Gina McCarthy

By Ethan Barton

Published March 25, 2015 5:15pm ET

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House science panel subpoenas 5,000 text messages to and from Gina McCarthy — Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy listens to reporters' questions during a meeting with media in the U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See residence in Rome earlier this year. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) | Alessandra Tarantino

A House committee Wednesday subpoenaed Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy for her cell phone billing records and emails.

The subpoena by the Committee on Science, Space and Technology was issued at 1 p.m. Wednesday and seeks the records after the agency failed on at least 10 prior requests from the panel for documents on whether an estimated 5,000 text messages were improperly deleted from McCarthy’s device.

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