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

" Ozone is something that we most definitely have to regulate. It's a very important thing to regulate. "

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

" What is true environmentalism? I think it's environmental stewardship - not prohibition. "

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

" We can be about jobs and growth and be good stewards of our environment. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" The Constitutional framework of checks and balances matters. "

Checks And Balances

" We've made extraordinary progress on the environment over the decades, and that's something we should celebrate. "

" We're a small state. Our quantity of representation in Washington is not as large as a Texas, an Ohio, or a New York. So when decisions are made on the federal level, our voice can get drowned out. "

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

" I cut my teeth on religious liberty issues. "

" 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. "

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

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

Entrepreneurship

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

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

" The EPA has performed a very important role for us all. "

" 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? "

" Oklahomans care about the environment and the state in which we live. "

" 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. "

" Lead poisoning is an insidious menace that robs our citizens of their fullest potential. "

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

" As Oklahoma attorney general, it is not my job to formulate or implement Oklahoma's plan, but it is my job to preserve Oklahoma's right to do so - particularly when the Clean Air Act so clearly recognizes that Oklahomans, and not federal bureaucrats, are best situated to determine Oklahoma energy and environmental policies. "

" I spent many hours in the batting cage. I remember many days when my hands were pretty cut up and bleeding. "

" When I took office in 2011, I made a commitment that the Office of Attorney General would find ways to do more while spending fewer taxpayer dollars. "

" 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. "