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Channel GOP · Hearing · Wednesday, November 11, 2026

Sheldon Whitehouse calls Trump EPA nominee Schwab "a walking, breathing conflict of interest"

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Now playing on All Clips Sheldon Whitehouse calls Trump EPA nominee Schwab "a walking, breathing conflict of interest" Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse403 plays Watch on Instagram · Transcript & source

At a Senate Environment Committee hearing, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse laid out the fossil fuel ties of Trump's EPA nominee, Mr. Schwab. He said that after the first Trump administration, Schwab opened a law firm affiliated with a conservative advocacy firm whose consultant Aaron Szabo had fossil fuel companies and the Heritage Foundation as major clients. He added that in 2022 Schwab chaired the dark-money-funded Center for Environmental Accountability, which Whitehouse said served Trump-aligned donors and fossil fuel interests.

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Who
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Where
hearing - Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
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56 seconds, unedited within the cut
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So why such love for big polluters? When he left the first Trump administration, Mr. Schwab opened a law firm affiliated with a conservative public affairs and advocacy firm. His colleague on the consulting side, oh, Aaron Szabo, his major clients, fossil fuel companies, and the Heritage Foundation. In 2022, Mr. Schwab became chairman of the dark money -funded so -called Center for Environmental Accountability, now apparently defunct, that served Trump -aligned donors and fossil fuel interests. He is a walking, breathing conflict of interest with zero business anywhere near an EPA position protecting our air. This sort of blatant corruption raising people's costs is exactly what the American people rejected so vociferously just two weeks ago.

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