Political Quotes

“Madam President, I also rise today to oppose the nomination of Scott Pruitt to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. I believe the President should be able to assemble his or her own team, and I understand that elections have consequences and that a President should be able to put forth his or her policy agenda. I voted on this floor many times in support of nominees with whom I have policy differences, but they have been qualified persons, experienced in their field, who believe in the fundamental mission of the agency they are tasked to lead. That is not the case with Attorney General Pruitt. Mr. Pruitt has extreme environmental policy views, and he has zero experience running the Environmental Protection Agency. In fact, he does not believe in the fundamental mission of the EPA. Attorney General Pruitt made his name opposing EPA rules that protect human health and the environment--fighting against clean air and clean water, disregarding the science behind the EPA's protections for human health and the environment on behalf of for-profit special interests, not the public interest. He has brought 19 suits against the EPA. Eight are currently pending in courts, and if confirmed, he won't recuse himself from all the pending cases. As a lawyer and especially as your State's top lawyer, you shouldn't change sides in litigation. It is just not right. There may be an ethics violation here. I have never heard of a lawyer representing both sides of a case.…”