"I expect you to be an independent and thoughtful counselor to the President."
"You have recommended severe cuts to our weather and storm warning models."
"The request for the department cuts nearly $1.5 billion, or 16 percent, from the fiscal year 2017 appropriations level."
"The EPA is providing critical support for States and regions across the country working to clean up our lakes, our rivers, our estuaries."
"As an American, I liked the fact that America was the leader, the world leader, in the environment."
"Americans have a right to clean air and clean water. Your proposal undermines that right."
"Clean air and water, and the monitoring and the science that help achieve that, are the real priorities of the American people."
"I am deeply concerned that this budget cuts public safety and justice programs at the Bureau of Indian Affairs by more than $36 million from the fiscal year 2017 enacted level."
"We are not looking for a one size fits all, but we want to have the remedies we had in the Violence Against Women Act that we all voted for to be there."
"Your budget is not what the American people want and deserve. They deserve better than what this budget puts forward."
"As some have said, the intent of the administration to actually dismantle the EPA as a Federal agency over the next 4 years."