Science took a back seat to politics.

The winds of change have blown and under the Obama administration science is resuming its rightful place in public policy.

How do we write a policy or pursue a standard of oversight that allows for some degree of management of the function of employees in talking to the media?

The task force has, in the Federal Register, filed a notice requesting public comments on the President's memorandum and its six guiding principles.

I think we have a number of these issues swirling around.

I think one of the most important things is going to be to draft an agency-wide media policy.

I think the experience of the last 8 years is a significant one. It was particularly bad, particularly unique.

More generally, we had a wonderful speech delivered by our President in Normandy. He talked about why the soldiers return to Normandy and tell their stories.

You must feel considerable satisfaction in seeing such swift results under this Administration of the recommendations that GAO offered in the past.

I think you and I share the belief that the better we remember this, the less likely it is to be repeated.

I am confident that the reassertion of science will bring about the policy reforms necessary for the Environmental Protection Agency to get back to the work of protecting the environment.

Polluters' interests came before protecting public health.

The people can handle the truth in a democracy.

I hope that you will do this in a year.

That may need further investigation.

Thank you very much, Senator Carper.

I think he did a very good job in laying out some of the problems of transparency and oversight.

I will certainly look at that, and I would be happy to meet with you or your staff on that question.