I look forward to hearing more about your plans and views today, as well as how we move DHS to be more agile in responding to evolving threats.

It seems to me that if we can combine your effort... that would be of great benefit to the entire homeland security effort.

I am not pleased with the process that was used in the controversy around that rule.

the President is politically accountable for decisions that he makes, maybe not in his second term.

Why is judicial review necessary if, in fact, the agency makes a mistake? Congress plays a role in correcting agency mistakes...

Where the first analysis probably was, who is going to sue us if we do it, right?

Thank you, Chairman Lankford.

And the court does not live in a vacuum. I mean, the court understands real world implications of their decisionmaking.

I think one of the concerns that I have about all this is where we have burdensome and unnecessary regulation.

Congress needs to take responsibility for clarifying ambiguity in things that are as controversial, I think, as CO2.

When we do not act effectively, we are basically writing a blank check.

I think Congress should play a role in making this determination.

Well, I mean, if you take my example of King v. Burwell, if the judiciary decides we are tired of patching this together, what happens?

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