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

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

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

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

" Threats I have faced are unprecedented. "

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

" Agencies exist to administer the law. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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? "

" 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. "

" The Constitutional framework of checks and balances matters. "

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

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

" I am a firm believer that federal agencies exist to administer laws passed by Congress, as intended. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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