SACRAMENTO—As Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency defended his record Wednesday in Washington, lawmakers in California raised new concerns about potential clashes over regulatory policies.

Scott Pruitt, Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, refused on Wednesday to commit to granting California another waiver to enforce the state’s tougher-than-the-feds standards on car emissions.

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