The violations allegedly committed by American Masonry include lack of a written lead compliance program, failure to provide facilities that would
prevent lead contamination of a worker's street clothes, failure to remove dangerous lead dust from the building site, and failure to implement a respirator or medical surveillance program.
Republicans on the committee focused their questions on how Pruitt will work to
prevent pollution from causing serious public health problems like the
lead contamination crisis affecting Flint, Michigan, and criticized the Obama administration's climate regulations.