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" 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. "

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" Now having the honor of working for him, it is abundantly clear that President Trump is the most consequential leader of our time. "

Scott Pruitt

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

" 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. "

" Safety and health of water is clearly a compelling government interest. "

" 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. "

" We are blessed with great national resources, and we should be good stewards of those. "

" The Constitutional framework of checks and balances matters. "

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

Scott Pruitt

Pro-Growth

" 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? "

" The whole purpose of CAFE standards is to make cars more efficient that people are actually buying. "

" 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. "

" Think about how tangible it would be to the citizens of Washington State to finally have the Hanford nuclear site cleaned up. Think about how tangible it would be to the citizens along the Hudson River to fix that pollution. These are some of the most direct things we can do to benefit our environment. "

Scott Pruitt

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

" What the American people deserve, I think, is a true, legitimate, peer-reviewed, objective, transparent discussion about CO2. "

" I think executive orders with Donald Trump would be a very blunt instrument with respect to the Constitution. "

" My job is to enforce the laws as passed by whom? Congress. They give me my authority. That's the jurisdictional responsibilities that I have, and when litigation is used to regulate... that's abusive. That's wrong. "

" Our battles against the EPA and other rogue federal agencies aren't about a desire for dirtier air or zero regulation. They are about our right as a state to control our own destiny and resist attempts by the administration to ramrod a wish list of regulations through agency heads instead of garnering approval from Congress. "

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

" We need fuel diversity as far as the generation of electricity because you can only get so much natural gas through the pipelines. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" The biblical world view with respect to these issues is that we have a responsibility to manage and cultivate, harvest the natural resources that we've been blessed with to truly bless our fellow mankind. "

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

" EPA's role is even broader than water infrastructure and cleaning up contaminated land - the agency also has a key role in allowing projects to move forward by reviewing environmental impact statements during the permitting process. "

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

" In our constitutional system, states are free to make decisions and bear the political consequences, good or bad, of those choices. "

" I spent a couple years just earnestly praying, asking the question that I don't think we ask enough: 'God what do you want to do with me?' Really getting into our prayer closet, seeking His heart, asking what He wants to do in our lives. "

" 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. "