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Tomorrow. this epa -- all epa labor departments go back and forth between republican and democrat. how do you classify it under scott prut. >> it goes back to what donald trump said he was going to drain the swamp. to make sure the large corporation lobbyists were going to stay out of washington. but what he's done is the exact opposite of that. if you look at the people he is nominatiing they have deep connections to the industries they are supposed to be regulating. that is a roip that's not just problematic it's a life and dep death issue for millions of americans who are going to be expose...

Safety is michael dorson, an industry researcher who spent decades working to stave off laws. and then the leading advocate runs the epa. it's being run by people the agency used to protect the environment from. i'm joined by cory booker of new jersey he's a member of the city and environmental. he's introducing a new bill tomorrow. this epa -- all epa labor departments go back and forth between republican and democrat. how do you classify it under scott prut. >> it goes back to what donald trump said he was going to drain the swamp. to make sure the large corporation lobbyists were going

Extremely difficult, prut said that the u.s. can pursue mutual goals of protecting the environment and growing the economy and the notion that these two are mutually exclusive is wrong. what do you think of that? >> well, i think that mr. prut misses probably the most obvious point, which is that the growth of the american economy at this point is tied to moving to new kinds of energy. so that in fact, if we move to the new technologies that are cheaper than fossil fuels, we will grow much faster. we will have better paid workers and more work, and our costs will go down. so, i absolutely agre...

Oklahoma, there was a part of his agency as attorney general was designed to protect environmental interests and he disbanded that unit completely and started up another unit to sue the american government and the epa to prevent them from imposing environmental standards. so, when he talks about partnership, i really think he's talking about partnering with corporations to preserve their interests against the interest of american citizens. >> one of the biggest environmental disasters of the last eight years had to do with the water crisis in flint, michigan. mr. prut was asked about that and ...

Hottest year on record. according to the world metrology cal association, this is the third consecutive year global temperatures have climbed higher than any previous year. cnn's rene marsh joins me from capitol hill. rene, mr. prut was asked about his perspective on climate change whether he views it as a hoax as donald trump has suggested and tweeted in the past. >> that's right. this is a sticking point. >> science tells us the climate is changing. and human activity in some manner impacts that change. the ability to measure with precision the degree and extent of that impact and what to do...