{"id":184319,"date":"2012-04-27T13:44:36","date_gmt":"2012-04-27T18:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=184319"},"modified":"2012-04-29T17:03:38","modified_gmt":"2012-04-29T22:03:38","slug":"gohmert-calls-for-epa-administrators-resignation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=184319","title":{"rendered":"Gohmert Calls for EPA Administrator\u2019s Resignation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?attachment_id=184320\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-184320\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2012\/04\/thumb_louie-gohmert-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"thumb_louie-gohmert-3\" width=\"96\" height=\"120\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-184320\" \/><\/a>WASHINGTON (Staff\/AP) \u2013 U.S. Representative Louie Gohmert of Tyler has called for the resignation of EPA Region Six Administrator Al Armendariz. That\u2019s after a videotape surfaced of what Gohmert termed Armendariz\u2019s \u201ctoxic comments\u201d at a meeting in Texas in May 2010.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Gohmert said, \u201cElitists, like Al Armendariz, do not understand that we don\u2019t have subway systems in east Texas. Hard-working, taxpaying Americans have to get in their cars and drive, sometimes long distances, in order to get to and from work. In his zeal to \u2018crucify\u2019 the evil oil companies, Armendariz is placing a crushing burden on overwhelmed Americans who have to choose between food for their families or gasoline to get to work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe specific game plan of this administration\u2019s \u2018War on Big Oil\u2019 will not adversely impact major oil companies. Instead, their policies will repeal business deductions for small independent oil and gas companies who drill and maintain 95-percent of the wells in the continental United States. In fact, his \u2018crucifixion\u2019 strategy will nail small independent companies to the cross \u2013 leaving true big oil to make even more profit.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Armendariz has apologized for using the word \u201ccrucify\u201d when describing the agency\u2019s enforcement policies, and for saying it makes examples of bad players in the oil and gas industry. Armendariz was answering a question about EPA enforcement. The video shows him saying that in the Middle Ages, the Romans would enter a troublesome town, \u201ctake the first five guys they saw and crucify them.\u201d Then the town would be \u201creally easy to manage for the next few years.\u201d He then said the EPA similarly makes examples of oil and gas companies not complying with the law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON (Staff\/AP) \u2013 U.S. Representative Louie Gohmert of Tyler has called for the resignation of EPA Region Six Administrator Al Armendariz. That\u2019s after a videotape surfaced of what Gohmert termed Armendariz\u2019s \u201ctoxic comments\u201d at a meeting in Texas in May 2010. In a statement, Gohmert said, \u201cElitists, like Al Armendariz, do not understand that we &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=184319\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Gohmert Calls for EPA Administrator\u2019s Resignation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-184319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-11 04:50:28","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=184319"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":184625,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184319\/revisions\/184625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=184319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=184319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=184319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}