John Hoeven actually said...

"The Waters of the U.S. Rule, WOTUS, is creating tremendous problems for our farmers and ranchers, tremendous uncertainty, and I think it should be rescinded."

"Where I'm going with this right mix of people and technology is also then going into metrics, managing the effectiveness of our border security, our coastal security."

"It's making it very difficult and very expensive for the coal fired electric industry to continue to operate their plants."

"We're exporting more coal than ever, and other parts of the world are using coal to produce energy with environmental stewardship that is not as good as the environmental stewardship in this country."