I think when science is looking at what to do about pesticides and toxins in these chemicals, they have to do no harm as their first goal.

States have the ability to return this responsibility back to the EPA, so we have to keep this partnership moving forward.

The Trump Administration's Fiscal Year 2018 budget abandons EPA's responsibilities to the American people by proposing a $2.4 billion cut, a 30 percent cut.

Mr. Trump campaigned last year on an agenda that included allowing companies to pollute our air, and our water, and our land.

I think the Indian programs within the Department of Interior, these are people who get up every morning and want to do the best job that they can.

the EPA is reduced by $2.4 billion, 30 percent below 2017. Endocrine disruptors, zeroed out. Radon, zeroed out. Superfund slashed. Brownfields slashed.

So, you can have a conversation with us and say you are going to look into this and say you are going to make sure that these things are going to happen, but I do not see how it can happen when you are cutting the EPA's overall budget by…

The budget you have come before us today to support would endanger the health of millions of Americans, jeopardize the quality of our air and water, and wreak havoc on our economy.

This Administration's willful denial of the threats of climate change is reflected in the Department of Interior's budget, which cuts funding for climate change research and mitigation by an appalling 80 percent.

I am curious to know how it happened that you were there a month, and then this is reversed.

One of the letters that I mentioned... was a letter from Mr. Lujan and I about Bears Ears National Monument, and it addresses tribal sovereignty.

I am asking you in public, could you please talk about the potential consequences for the wildlife, the waters, and the forests in the BWCA and the adjacent lands if there is a discharge, a leak, or a spill from the sulfide mine, all of…