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The speaker is saying that environmental conditions have improved a lot over time and that people should acknowledge those improvements. The quote presents progress as something worth recognizing rather than only focusing on remaining problems.
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About Scott Pruitt
American attorney, lobbyist and Republican politician, born 1968
Edward Scott Pruitt is an American attorney, lobbyist, and Republican politician from Oklahoma. Born in 1968, he is best known for serving as the 14th administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from 2017 to 2018, during Donald Trump’s presidency. Pruitt’s public profile is tied to conservative politics and environmental policy. He has been a prominent skeptic of the scientific consensus on climate change, and he resigned from the EPA while facing multiple federal investigations.
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