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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. "

Scott Pruitt

Election

Government

Power

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" 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 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. "

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

" We just need to make sure that we get somebody in there that respects the Constitution, respects the rule of law, that restores the proper balance between the states and federal government. I have great confidence Jeb Bush would do that. "

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

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Hang

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I cut my teeth on religious liberty issues. "

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

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

" When you look at farmers and ranchers, for example, they are our first environmentalists. They are our first conservationists. When you look at the greatest asset that they have, it is their land. They care about the water that they drink. They care about the air that they breathe. We should see them as partners, not adversaries. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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? "

Scott Pruitt

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I Can

" 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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Think

" There are air-quality issues that cross state lines. There are water-quality issues, obviously, that cross state lines. "

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

" 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. "

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

" There aren't sufficient scientific facts to establish the theory of evolution, and it deals with the origins of man, which is more from a philosophical standpoint than a scientific standpoint. "

" 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. "

" Truly and clearly, the climate changes. "

" Federalism is not one state dictating to the rest of the country what should occur in the area of CAFE. "