Makes no sense.

Mr. President, I have the privilege of being the ranking member of the Armed Services Committee, working with Senator McCain with respect to the nomination of General Mattis. I am strongly in favor of the general's confirmation for many…

And presumably, Mr. Pruitt, it goes without saying that if the EPA is going to consider cost to the industry of confirming to pollution guidelines it should also consider benefits to the public from cleaner air, cleaner water and the…

Oklahoma Strong PAC is your leadership pack?

I see nothing in your career that you would care at all about our Rhode Island shell fishermen.

I see nothing in your career to give those fishermen any confidence that you will care one bit for their well being, and not just the well being of the fossil fuel industry.

I see nothing in your record that would give a mom taking her child to the hospital for an asthma attack any comfort that you would take the slightest interest in her.

You closed your super PAC, Liberty 2.0, but that took fossil fuel contributions as well, correct?

You said to the Chairman that there is nothing that might place you in a conflict of interest that you have not disclosed.

It is a complete black hole into which at least a million dollars goes.

Did you solicit funding from them in your role at the Republican Attorney Generals Association?

But you haven't told us anything about that.

That is a qui tam fraud case; it has nothing to do with the environment.

Right now, the Chairman asked you a question which is, are there matters that might place you in a conflict of interest that you have not disclosed. You answered no.

the regulatory authority on Government ethics has not caught up with this post-Citizens United, dark money world.

That may very well create a conflict of interest, mightn't it?

Did you raise money for the Rule of Law Defense Fund, front entities that will appear before EPA as potential defendants in subjects of regulation?

At this point, what I deduce from your statement is that if that set of hypothetical facts were true, if you had raised $1 million from a big energy corporation to go through the Rule of Law Defense Fund to support your efforts at RAGA…