Dem. Sen. Candidate Calls For EPA Dir. To Be Fired

Democratic Senate candidate Heidi Heitkamp said President Barack Obama's energy policy is ``wrong'' and he should replace his energy secretary and Environmental Protection Agency director.

 

 

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Democratic Senate candidate Heidi Heitkamp said President Barack Obama's energy policy is ``wrong'' and he should replace his energy secretary and Environmental Protection Agency director.

Her remarks came during a Chamber of Commerce forum Thursday night with Republican opponent Rick Berg.

It focused on energy and health care issues.

A recent poll showed Heitkamp and Berg in a dead heat.

Berg said a broader energy policy that includes oil and coal development will help provide jobs and ``ignite America's fires again.''

Heitkamp has said Obama is hostile to oil and coal development.

She said Thursday she'd tell the president he is ``wrong on energy and headed in the wrong direction.''

She said Obama needs to replace Energy Secretary Steven Chu and EPA administrator Lisa Jackson.

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