"Do I have your commitment that EPA will follow the letter of the law that Congress enacted to protect people from intentional testing?"
"This is about the Office of Children's Health. They have been undercut and underfunded in their mission to protect children's health."
"Will you commit to address the threat posed by chromium-6 through the drinking water laws as quickly as possible?"
"We want you to do this work. We don't want to put it into the political realm."
"I must thank Senator Inhofe and my Republican colleagues for allowing us to go this way."
"California's loss is the Country's gain."
"Providing technical support is my first question."
"Well, that is what we need to hear."
"And so you would be advising the President as to where the different agencies are coming out on a certain issue?"
"What we look to you for is that leadership on the environment."
"I just would put up a cautionary note here, because OMB sometimes gets themselves infused in these things from a budgetary standpoint."
"This policy put OMB in the driver's seat, and elevated polluters' interests ahead of public health concerns."