Author Profile
Scott Pruitt
1968 • American • Politician
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Showing 63 quotesI think that the more we, as a state, yield and cede decisions to the federal government, the lesser we'll be for it as a state.— Scott Pruitt
When you hang around people who believe in you, it kind of uplifts your spirit a little bit. And you can see great things happen.— Scott Pruitt
There are issues the EPA should be dealing with. When I talk about the EPA and its role with the states, it's not an abolitionist view, that we don't need that agency. It's that the agency should act within the outlines established by Congress.— Scott Pruitt
I might not like a statute... but if you know what to expect, you can plan. The law is static. It's stable. It gives you confidence. You know you have to act a certain way.— Scott Pruitt
Our religious freedoms are under constant attack from a variety of groups who seek to undermine our constitutional rights and threaten our founding principles.— Scott Pruitt
Few things are as sacred and as fundamental to Oklahomans as the constitutional rights of free speech and the free exercise of religion.— Scott Pruitt
There are air-quality issues that cross state lines. There are water-quality issues, obviously, that cross state lines.— Scott Pruitt
We are blessed with great national resources, and we should be good stewards of those.— Scott Pruitt
Congress passes statutes, and those statutes are very clear on the job EPA has to do.— Scott Pruitt
There is no reason why EPA's role should ebb and flow based on a particular administration or a particular administrator.— Scott Pruitt
I think executive orders with Donald Trump would be a very blunt instrument with respect to the Constitution.— Scott Pruitt
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.— Scott Pruitt
I think the most grievous threat that we have today is this imperialistic judiciary, this judicial monarchy that has it wrong on what the First Amendment's about and has an objective to create religious sterility in the public square, which is wholly inconsistent with the Founding Fathers' view.— Scott Pruitt
There aren't sufficient scientific facts to establish the theory of evolution, and it deals with the origins of man, which is more from a philosophical standpoint than a scientific standpoint.— Scott Pruitt
Lead poisoning is an insidious menace that robs our citizens of their fullest potential.— Scott Pruitt