For EPA to be successful in protecting human health and the environment while also providing greater certainty and predictability to stakeholders, the agency needs robust funding and a strong leadership team in place.
Emphasizing the need for funding and leadership for EPA's success.
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Public engagement can build trust, it can increase public buy-in, can help resolve issues, can help prevent litigation, and ultimately it can save time and money.
You and our colleagues have heard me invoke in this room more times than I can count the Golden Rule: Treat other people the way I want to be treated.
Given how important this obviously is, my only regret is that we didn't have an opportunity to talk about it 24 hours ago.
I would say there is a lesson here for both of us, and one of those is to make clear I am always ready to take your calls, your meeting, whatever you want and engage.