Barack Obama actually said...

"A clear and consistent approach for avoidance and minimization of, and compensatory mitigation for, the impacts of their activities should be adopted by agencies."

"Agencies should take action to increase public transparency in the implementation of their mitigation policies and guidance."

"We have a responsibility to protect the health of our economy and environment."

"We can't dismiss people out of hand simply because of a mistake that they made in the past."