Roy Blunt actually said...

"we need to do the kinds of things that will be a good lesson, going forward, to encourage that."

"I really don't like the sense of that. That the EPA can do things that, I don't know that law enforcement without any reason can just fly around."

"And you would have ultimate authority on the wetlands question based on this veto potential that you always have on an issue like this? Is that right?"

"I do not know how many Senators have holds on the nominee, but it must be so many that there is no interest in doing anything about the holds that are out there."