Energy and Environment

EPA should be ‘fired’ for missing VW scheme: Lawmaker

By Kyle Feldscher
Published October 8, 2015 7:01pm ET
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EPA should be ‘fired’ for missing VW scheme: Lawmaker
Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Texas, said the public should be disappointed in the EPA for not catching the Volkswagen scandal sooner. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) | J. Scott Applewhite

The Environmental Protection Agency should be sacked for setting up the tests that were fooled by Volkswagen, a Texas lawmaker said Thursday.

Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Texas, said the public should be disappointed in the EPA for not catching the Volkswagen scandal sooner nor being the group that actually caught the German automaker.

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