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" Congress passes statutes, and those statutes are very clear on the job EPA has to do. "

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" Most lawsuits against the EPA historically have come either because of the agency's lack of regard for a statute or because the EPA failed in an obligation or deadline. "

" We know humans have most flourished during times of what? Warming trends. So I think there's assumptions made that because the climate is warming, that that necessarily is a bad thing. Do we really know what the ideal surface temperature should be in the year 2100, in the year 2018? "

" EPA can and should now focus on getting real results in the fight for clean air, land, and water. "

" My battles have been against federal actions that exceed the powers our Founders granted to the federal government in the constitution. "

" This paradigm that says we have to choose industry over the environment or the environment over industry is the old way of thinking. "

" Since my election as Oklahoma attorney general in 2010, I have been a proud member of a group of federalism-minded state attorneys general who have methodically, indeed relentlessly, worked to restore the proper balance of power between the federal government and the states. "

" I don't hang with polluters; I prosecute them. "

" EPA will set a national standard for greenhouse gas emissions that allows auto manufacturers to make cars that people both want and can afford - while still expanding environmental and safety benefits of newer cars. "

" I might not like a statute... but if you know what to expect, you can plan. The law is static. It's stable. It gives you confidence. You know you have to act a certain way. "

" If the president is allowed to govern by executive action, then the rule of law greatly suffers. "

" We can be pro-growth, pro-jobs, and pro-environment. "

" The climate is changing. That's not the debate. The debate is how do we know what the ideal surface temperature is in 2100? "

" Americans who want a healthy and clean environment expect lawful, effective, and economically sound regulation - the Clean Power Plan failed on all three counts. "

" I think that the more we, as a state, yield and cede decisions to the federal government, the lesser we'll be for it as a state. "

" The last thing we need in Washington is more federal hubris. "

" America's infrastructure was once the envy of the world. "

" This idea that if you're pro-environment you're anti-energy is just something we've got to change, so that attitude is something we're working on very much. "

" Like the invention of the printing press before it, the Internet has been the greatest instrumentality of free speech and the exchange of ideas in the history of mankind. "

" Agencies and the executive branch need to enforce the law. They don't need to fill in the spaces if Congress doesn't act. "

" I happen to think the Paris accord, the Paris treaty, or the Paris Agreement, if you will, should have been treated as a treaty, should have gone through Senate confirmation. "

" If you can tell me what gun, type of gun, I can possess, then I didn't really get that right to keep and bear arms from God. It was not bequeathed to me; it was not unalienable, right? "

" When an American government takes on characteristics that elevate the state above the individual, it must be vigorously opposed as a form of, or step toward, tyranny. "

" It is no secret that Washington, D.C., is a tempest of people and institutions relentlessly seeking power over the lives of everyday Americans. "

" The federal government should not be able to hide behind sovereign immunity when the facts don't meet the protections. "

" The federal government must retreat from its hyperactive involvement in areas traditionally under states' authority and refuse future temptations to regulate and legislate on every issue that happens to come to mind. "

" I believe that Donald Trump in the White House would be more abusive to the Constitution than Barack Obama, and that's saying a lot. "

" When you hang around people who believe in you, it kind of uplifts your spirit a little bit. And you can see great things happen. "

" There is a reason and a need to have an Environmental Protection Agency. "

" It is hubris that has gotten us into trouble in Washington. It is humility, principled leadership, and unwavering faith in the power of the states, the people, and our Constitution that will get us out. "

" We're saying environmental stewardship and jobs in the economy. We can do both together. "