I go hiking. I go camping.

I did do my undergraduate work in biology.

The fact is that the climate changes regularly.

We have the safest drinking water in the world.

By 2020, Earth Day has become much more than a youth movement.

Yes, it's important to get all plastic out of the waste stream.

I have thought for years environmental issues need to be depoliticized.

So many reporters have blurred the line between reporting and editorializing.

Getting the older cars off the road improves public safety as well as environment.

I care a lot about the environment. I really do. I practice it in my personal life.

Certainty, and the innovation that thrives in a climate of certainty, are key to progress.

I did not reach out to the Pruitt E.P.A. at all. I did not lobby them. That was purposeful.

We are elevating this work to address global water security to a new level under President Trump.

Since the 1970s, California has failed to carry out its most basic tasks under the Clean Air Act.

I think what is effective regulation is one that follows the law and one that will be held up in court.

We're taking climate change seriously. But it's not the only environmental issue that we face as a planet.

Here at the EPA, the agency will continue to do its best to promote the health and welfare of all Americans.

A reliable electric grid is absolutely necessary to provide drinking water. You have to have the electricity.

I do not consider myself to be a scientist, and I've always deferred to career scientists on issues of science.

I would say that California has been focused on climate change to the detriment of the other environmental programs.

My criticism of the Obama administration's Clean Power Plan was that it was outside the four corners of the Clean Air Act.

The American public has a right to know the truth about the risks they face in their daily lives and how we are responding.

I believe that man does have an impact on the climate, that CO2 has an impact on the climate, and we do take that seriously.

We are working on a lot of innovative ways to provide safer drinking water to the American public. Innovative financing ways.

California cars have no closer link to California climate impacts than do cars on the road in Japan or anywhere else in the world.

The EPA historically has been an agency where people go to work at the agency and spend their entire career, 30, 40 years at the agency.

I'm very concerned about the - I want to leave EPA in a better position than in which I found it, when I eventually do leave the agency.

There is no more important responsibility than protecting human health and the environment. It is a responsibility I take very seriously.

The plastic straw bans, that's not what's creating the problem in the oceans. That's a drop in the bucket, as far as the amount of plastic.

Reliable and affordable energy is the foundation of America's strength. Without it, our prosperity and security can fall outside our control.

America is a global leader on clean air progress and carbon dioxide reductions, and we are the envy of the world when it comes to clean water.

I am an Eagle Scout. I am very proud of that. When I was in college I worked summers in a Boy Scout summer camp. I was a nature conservation director.

In fact, on the drinking water side, the Green New Deal does not value - at least nowhere in the documents does it value - having reliable electric grid.

We should be bolstering American energy independence and American jobs - not making ourselves vulnerable by lining the pockets of foreign energy suppliers.

Through our deregulatory actions, the Trump Administration has proven that burdensome federal regulations are not necessary to drive environmental progress.

Our nation has abundant energy resources available, and American energy resources are extracted, refined and transported in an environmentally conscious manner.

The critics can't say that our regulations are making the environment worse, and 'Oh, it's getting better, well then it must be somebody else who made it better.'

I just wish the California officials would focus more on cleaning up the air in their state than trying to look like they're doing something globally for climate change.

When President Trump took office, he immediately began a process to remove and replace undue regulatory burdens that stifle American innovation and economic development.

Our ACE proposal will reduce CO2 approximately the same levels that the Clean Power Plan would have, if it had been implemented. And we're reducing CO2 from our CAFE standards.

Up to 2.5 billion people around the world lack access to safe drinking water and, as a result, proper sanitation. This fact leads to anywhere from 1 to 3 million deaths every year.

Americans have carried the burden of our government's heavy-handed approach to environmental regulation for far too long - with rural and disadvantaged communities bearing the brunt.

EPA is committed to identifying new tools and providing accurate and up-to-date information to help the American public protect themselves and their families from the novel coronavirus.

In the past, people have had to hire lawyers or consultants to try to figure out whether or not their property contains a federal waterway. We want to make sure that the definition is clear and concise.

The Clean Water Act wasn't designed to allow states to drag out decisions for years or use their Section 401 authority to veto projects of national significance when the projects wouldn't impact water quality.

EPA takes its Clean Air Act responsibilities seriously and is committed to providing certainty to state and industry partners. We will not use our authority to pick winners and losers in the energy marketplace.

The U.S. is the gold standard for clean air and clean water. We reached that point through private sector innovation and cooperation between Washington and the states to implement our nation's environmental laws.

Under President Donald Trump's leadership, EPA has sought to undo and correct the Obama administration's failed regulatory decisions, proving that environmental protection and economic prosperity go hand-in-hand.

EPA's Affordable Clean Energy rule (ACE), would restore the states' proper role under the Clean Air Act and our system of federalism. Our plan would allow states to establish standards of performance that meet EPA emissions guidelines.

Having started my career at EPA, having worked on the Hill for two different members who didn't agree on every issue, and then working in the private practice, where I've worked on behalf of different clients - I don't think I'm biased.

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