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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. "

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" 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. "

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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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" 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. "

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

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

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

" Facts are facts, and fiction is fiction, and a lie doesn't become truth just because it appears on the front page of the newspaper. "

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

" 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. "

" America's infrastructure was once the envy of the world. "

" 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. "

" This paradigm that says we have to choose industry over the environment or the environment over industry is the old way of thinking. "

" We, as a country, have always used innovative technology to advance environmental stewardship, reduction of those pollutants, but also grown our economy at the same time. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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? "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" This notion that we cannot be about jobs and stewardship of the environment is just simply not right. We've always done that well as a country. We haven't had to choose. "

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

" 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. "