Scott Pruitt

“Congress passes statutes, and those statutes are very clear on the job EPA has to do.”

“I don't hang with polluters; I prosecute them.”

“We can be pro-growth, pro-jobs, and pro-environment.”

“What I've said about consent orders and consent decrees is that we shouldn't regulate through litigation.”

“The biblical world view with respect to these issues is that we have a responsibility to manage and cultivate, harvest the natural resources that we've been blessed with to truly bless our fellow mankind.”

“Our roads and bridges form the essence of interstate commerce in this country and have for some time.”

“As we do our work in D.C., we should do our work in collaboration and in partnership, in cohesion with states so that we can work on environmental issues from Superfund to air quality to water quality across the full spectrum in things that we do in partnership with those folks.”

“What is true environmentalism? I think it's environmental stewardship - not prohibition.”

“Few things are as sacred and as fundamental to Oklahomans as the constitutional rights of free speech and the free exercise of religion.”

“We've made extraordinary progress on the environment over the decades, and that's something we should celebrate.”

“I believe that Donald Trump in the White House would be more abusive to the Constitution than Barack Obama, and that's saying a lot.”

“There is no reason why EPA's role should ebb and flow based on a particular administration or a particular administrator.”

“As Oklahomans, we believe in bold entrepreneurship and good stewardship.”

“This notion that we cannot be about jobs and stewardship of the environment is just simply not right. We've always done that well as a country. We haven't had to choose.”

“It is hubris that has gotten us into trouble in Washington. It is humility, principled leadership, and unwavering faith in the power of the states, the people, and our Constitution that will get us out.”

“We need fuel diversity as far as the generation of electricity because you can only get so much natural gas through the pipelines.”

“Safety and health of water is clearly a compelling government interest.”

“EPA will set a national standard for greenhouse gas emissions that allows auto manufacturers to make cars that people both want and can afford - while still expanding environmental and safety benefits of newer cars.”

“As Oklahoma attorney general, it is not my job to formulate or implement Oklahoma's plan, but it is my job to preserve Oklahoma's right to do so - particularly when the Clean Air Act so clearly recognizes that Oklahomans, and not federal bureaucrats, are best situated to determine Oklahoma energy and environmental policies.”

“This paradigm that says we have to choose industry over the environment or the environment over industry is the old way of thinking.”