"I have assured my colleagues that this is going to be done professionally, and it is hard to take a look at this rule and say this was done professionally."
"This bill has the potential of having a Mack truck driven through it, in terms of revenue."
"that process has to be accountable, and the media has to have access to information so they can fairly report to the public."
"I believe there needs to be a robust cost benefit analysis for any major rule, or any major deregulation."
"But this is not any way to run the railroad, and we need to lay down a marker right now, that we are going to be watching for this kind of backhanded, ham-handed, irresponsible kind of rulemaking proc..."
"this is the difference of whether people can put food on the table."
"OIRA has been called many things--a gatekeeper, a dispassionate and analytical second opinion, and even one of Washington's most powerful offices, and I would add to that that no one has ever heard of..."
"The highest rates of drug use."
"If we are not willing to step up, then let's just admit that they are second class citizens."
"I have talked to the Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, about this. This cannot get ignored."
"I want to know how we are going to be more resilient and more redundant both on power and on communications."