The Washington Examiner editorializes:
Gina McCarthy, the recently confirmed Environmental Protection Agency administrator, said Tuesday during an address at Harvard Law School that she wants people to “stop talking about environmental regulations killing jobs.” Little wonder she wants to sweep that topic under the rug. The very next day it was reported that U.S. economic growth remained sluggish in the second quarter, increasing slightly to 1.7 percent from 1.1 percent in the first quarter. Labor costs increased 0.5 percent during the second quarter.