Political Quotes

Scott Pruitt

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14th Administrator of the EPA; former Attorney General from Oklahoma

Quotes by year · 2012–201974 total · peak 2017 (33)
2012: 2 quotes2015: 1 quote2016: 6 quotes2017: 33 quotes2018: 31 quotes2019: 1 quote
Apr 2, 2018

I believe that we as an agency and we as a nation can be both pro-energy and jobs and pro-environment, that we don't have to choose between the two.

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Jan 29, 2018

The only authority that any agency has in the executive branch is the authority given to it by Congress.

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Jan 29, 2018

We have made wonderful progress there. We in fact have reduced our CO2 as a country by over 14 percent from the years 2000 and 2014.

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Jan 29, 2018

We have reduced those pollutants under the Clean Air Act that we regulate under the National Ambient Air Quality Program by over 65 percent.

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Jan 29, 2018

We don't have to choose between the two. We as a country have always done that well.

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Jan 29, 2018

We have to respond to this climate challenge. That is just part of our mission set.

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Jan 29, 2018

Rule of law does matter. Rule of law is something that people take for granted.

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Jan 29, 2018

Forgiving this city's debt will ensure that Flint will not need to resume payments on the loan, allowing progress toward updating Flint's water system to continue.

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Dec 6, 2017

I think one of the most important things we can do for the American people is provide that type of discussion.

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Dec 6, 2017

Well, federalism principles, Congresswoman, do not say that one state can dictate to the rest of the country the standard for the entire country.

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Nov 13, 2017

RGGI proves Republicans and Democrats can work together to fight pollution, protect the climate, and power the economy forward.

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Nov 13, 2017

The regulatory rollback--larger in scope than any over so short a time in the agency's near half-century history--is a direct boon to the fossil fuel industry.

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