Senate Confirms Governor Whitman For Top EPA Post in Unanimous Vote.(Christine Todd Whitman selected as new administrator of Environmental Protection Agency)(Brief Article)

Chemical Market Reporter, February, 2001

THE SENATE voted 99-0 last week to unanimously confirm former New Jersey governor Christine Todd Whitman as administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). "You can have a clean environment and a strong economy, and Governor Whitman has proven that," Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Bob Smith (R-N.H.) said during a brief floor debate.

Mrs. Whitman, selected to head the agency on December 22 by President Bush, received widespread support from the business communities. "Her common sense, centrist approach to economic development and environmental protection represents a balance that is much needed at the national level," said American Chemistry Council president Fred Webber. There was little organized...

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