Political Quotes

“I want to continue to share with you and my colleagues the reasons I am opposed to the nomination of Attorney General Scott Pruitt to be the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. What we do know about Mr. Pruitt's past record--and there is still a good deal we don't know and are not able to learn in committee. We know Mr. Pruitt abandoned his responsibilities to protect Oklahomans from harmful pollution. Instead of holding polluters and bad actors in the State accountable, Mr. Pruitt spent a lot of his time as attorney general in Oklahoma suing the Environmental Protection Agency. These days, going after the EPA public health protection seems like a popular thing to do. In fact, the EPA is often a target of nasty tweets from our current President. Without the burning rivers or thick smog and soot in the air, which used to be all too common, some may presume that there is not much more for the EPA to do to protect the public health of our country from pollution. People may presume that our environmental protection problems are behind us, and States can take care of themselves when it comes to clean air and clean water, as Mr. Pruitt has suggested time and again. I am a recovering Governor, a former Governor for 8 years. I have huge regard for what Governors can do, States can do. There is a lot we can do, but not everything.…”