Virginia Gov. Youngkin (R) has chosen Andrew Wheeler as a senior adviser. Wheeler, a former EPA chief under President Donald Trump, had been rejected as a pick for Youngkin's Cabinet by the Democratic-controlled state Senate.
The governor had previously nominated Wheeler, who led the Environmental Protection Agency under President Donald Trump, to serve as his secretary of natural and historic resources. While Virginia’s General Assembly rarely blocks Cabinet nominations, Democrats in the Senate said they could not support Wheeler, who had spearheaded a rollback of environmental protections while serving in the Trump administration.“We received a letter from 150 former EPA employees who suggested that Mr.
Youngkin is not the first Virginia governor to turn a rejected Cabinet nominee as an adviser. After Democrats opposed efforts by Republican governor Robert F. McDonnell to nominate Robert Sledd for commerce and trade secretary, McDonnell made Sledd an unpaid senior economic adviser.
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