Putin thinks he has got more endurance than the Europeans do and than the Americans do.

I think we should encourage the EPA to be involved in this area. So I very strongly support this amendment.

I have been very familiar with this individual.

You cannot do long-term investment on a project if you really do not know what the regulations are, or if they are based on just the whims of the executive.

I believe that agencies are really exploiting the alleged ambiguity and relevant laws, really, to get to their point.

the assumption is Congress will not clarify, so the agencies must clarify

That is the prime concern. It is not just the transparency.

I think all too often, Congress abrogates its responsibility on oversight of regulation to the judiciary, creating further uncertainty.

More hearings like this one will be necessary for Congress to begin to reclaim what it has lost.

Chevron's impact on judging, however, is more difficult to pin down.

I want to get a chance to talk about agencies and the appeal process, because we also have an issue with agencies now receiving--and it has been for a while...

the most effective line of defense against executive overreach is often the courts

I think an important first step is for the Senate to address these vacancies on these pending nominations.

Is it inappropriate to ask any agency not to be able to make a consent decree if you are changing a discretionary authority to a mandatory authority?

So, where is the check, as I have mentioned before, for an agency or an independent agency that they both create the rule, they interpret the rule, they enforce the rule...

If we no longer have predictability in law and regulations, where things are going, it is a problem to us long term.

the only entity, in my opinion, that can fix a legislative problem from the agency is Congress.

the agency is given forward motion and Congress has basically said, if you want to change the forward motion of this agency, Congress can then go back, pass a law, override a veto of the President