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" 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. "

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" The greatest threat we've had to economic growth has been that those in industry don't know what is expected of them. Rules come that are outside of statutes. Rules get changed midway. It creates vast uncertainty and paralysis, and re-establishing a vigorous commitment to rule of law is going to help a lot. "

" Our roads and bridges form the essence of interstate commerce in this country and have for some time. "

" We need a president willing to embrace the idea that Washington is not the answer to all, or even most, of our problems, regardless of who is in charge. "

" No one has done more to advance the rule of law than President Trump. "

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

" The 'environmental left' tells us that, though we have natural resources like natural gas and oil and coal, and though we can feed the world, we should keep those things in the ground, put up fences, and be about prohibition. "

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" 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. "

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

" What I've said about consent orders and consent decrees is that we shouldn't regulate through litigation. "

" Few things are as sacred and as fundamental to Oklahomans as the constitutional rights of free speech and the free exercise of religion. "

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

" I think the most grievous threat that we have today is this imperialistic judiciary, this judicial monarchy that has it wrong on what the First Amendment's about and has an objective to create religious sterility in the public square, which is wholly inconsistent with the Founding Fathers' view. "

" I cut my teeth on religious liberty issues. "

" The Constitutional framework of checks and balances matters. "

Checks And Balances

" When you declare a 'war on coal' from a regulatory perspective, the question has to be asked: where's that in the statute? Where did Congress empower the EPA to declare a war on coal? "

" As we do our work in D.C., we should do our work in collaboration and in partnership, in cohesion with states so that we can work on environmental issues from Superfund to air quality to water quality across the full spectrum in things that we do in partnership with those folks. "

" Conservatives deserve a consistent and thoughtful vision for the role of federal government in relationship to states. "

" As Oklahomans, we believe in bold entrepreneurship and good stewardship. "

Entrepreneurship

" For someone to say that someone's a skeptic or a climate denier about the climate changing, that's just nonsensical. We see that throughout history. We impact the climate by our activity. How much so is very difficult to determine with respect to our CO2 or carbon footprint, but we obviously do. "

" There are issues the EPA should be dealing with. When I talk about the EPA and its role with the states, it's not an abolitionist view, that we don't need that agency. It's that the agency should act within the outlines established by Congress. "

" There simply is no greater threat to individual liberty and the viability of our great nation than the threat that comes from the continued consolidation of power in Washington, a consolidation that flies in the face of the division of power between the federal government and the states that is required by the Constitution. "

" The Constitution forbids states from banning all religion from public spaces and from making churches the ghettos of religion where all manifestations of faith are kept separate from public life. Religious people have an equal right to participate in the public square and to have their contributions to Oklahoma history and society recognized. "

" 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. "

" It's unwise in business to have one client or two clients. It's unwise in electricity to have one source or two sources. "

" 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 no reason why EPA's role should ebb and flow based on a particular administration or a particular administrator. "

" 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. "