I am not altogether satisfied. I think you probably know that, but we are grateful that you came.

That is like 2 years.

I think Flores is a complicated matter, and it is before the courts today.

If we get it, then I think we will be able to move forward. If we don't, it will make things more difficult.

I do a lot of customer calls, and I know my colleagues do as well, businesses large and small.

Her focus on the streamlining, or as I call it, the steamrolling, of the National Environmental Policy Act is deeply unfortunate.

They say we want to have more near term flexibility on these standards, but we are happy to have more rigorous standard going forward.

Ninety-four percent of our air pollution in Delaware comes from sources outside of us.

I am even more pleased that the person sitting at the witness table is our Acting Administrator and not his predecessor.

We thought Delaware's case was a slam dunk, and I was shocked when EPA proposed to reject these petitions.

I viewed your predecessor's tenure as one characterized by tawdry personal behavior in office.

We can do better than that, and we need to.

I see you as a remedy to three of those four.

Mr. Wheeler has told me repeatedly that he shares my goal of striking a deal between automakers and the State of California and other States on fuel economy and greenhouse gas tailpipe standards.

I don't expect to hear as much as a peep from Mr. Wheeler today about used mattress shopping or Chick-fil-A or fancy moisturizers.

The damage that Scott Pruitt has done to this Agency will not be easily undone.

I hope that you will give your very serious and earnest consideration to the concerns of people like me from coastal States.

I believe would be a lose-lose-lose situation; a loss for an industry that needs certainty and predictability, a loss for consumers, and a loss for our environment.

the idea that folks in States to our west put up pollution, keep their air clean, their health care costs low, and we end up with dirty air and higher healthcare costs, it is just not fair.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Good morning, one and all.

A win-win is what we are looking for.

The scaling back of our bipartisan chemical safety law, one of the prouder moments I have had as a Senator, was set in motion by Scott Pruitt.

I have been asking for an oversight hearing with the EPA Administrator for many months, and I am pleased that our Committee is holding that hearing today.

Will the American public once again be able to trust the EPA to carry out its mission of protecting public health and our environment?

We are seeing climate change driven sea level rise that is going to require us to redraw the map of my damn State.