Daniel Sullivan actually said...

"This is incredibly, incredibly damming. The Justice Department can't rely on this agency deference when the agency itself is saying it had nothing to do with it."

"Oversight is particularly important when we have a pattern of behavior from certain agencies, like EPA, of consistently issuing rules that completely disregard the limits on their authority imposed by..."

"So you have the authority as a political appointee to look at your folks not on a judgment call, but just say, hey, general, I know you know more about science than I do, but you are wrong; I am right..."

"It seems like everybody is wrong with the exception of you in this case, and the EPA."