02/11/2014
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"Elections have consequences, and a new President is entitled to put in place people who will advance his agenda."
"The minority has put us in this uncharted waters. Never before in the history of the EPA has a new President's incoming Administration's nominee been boycotted."
"It is disappointing that they chose that course of action, but we will not allow it to obstruct."
"On this matter I ask for a recorded vote."