Brett Kavanaugh Quotes

We conclude that both challenged aspects of EPA's regulations implementing the 2008 ozone standards exceed the agency's authority under the Clean Air Act... Because we find that the EPA's challenged implementation rules exceed the agency's authority under the Clean Air Act, we vacate the pertinent portions of EPA's regulations.

Regulators will issue regulations until someone says no.

'Sue and settle' involves the creation of environmental rules and regulations through lawsuits filed by environmental groups against the EPA, not through Congress or proper rule-making.

When you declare a 'war on coal' from a regulatory perspective, the question has to be asked: where's that in the statute? Where did Congress empower the EPA to declare a war on coal?

The EPA has a history of overreaching its authority.

The EPA has no legal authority to expand the definition of navigable waters under the Clean Water Act, as the Supreme Court has repeatedly made clear.

The attorney general should be enforcing the law, not policy.

The government has the right to change laws and rules and regulations.

Cuts in carbon emissions would mean significantly higher electricity prices. We think the American consumer would prefer not to be skinned by Obama's EPA.

Ministers cannot disapprove of though they may be sorry for it …

In a sense, the police power is but another name for the power of government.

All policy is targeted in one way or another.

The EPA, the Gestapo of government

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

There's been a false sense of security in the American people when it comes to environment issues and our water, because they believe that the EPA is there to protect us, and unfortunately, that system's not working right now. They're overburdened, understaffed, and underfunded.

The FCC should obviously not propose bad rules that will be struck down; it should propose good rules that will be upheld.

Regulations have certainly gone too far in a number of areas, but it's important to remember that regulations are meant to be protective, and when it comes to the EPA, that means protecting human health and our world.

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

Statutory authority to improve fuel economy has existed for 35 years at the Transportation Department, and it still exists today.

In order to build anything from factories to schools to hospitals, one must jump through a series of regulatory hoops, giving EPA veto power over any major projects.

Climate change is not an excuse for the EPA to ignore the bounds of law and issue illegal regulations that will cost jobs, shutter industries, and have little to no positive impact on the environment.

When a nationwide injunction constrains a significant executive policy, the Justice Department has little choice but to seek emergency relief.

As Attorney General of Alabama, I have never hesitated to stand up to the EPA before when it was wrong.

When the EPA says that property owners, farmers, and livestock producers must stomach higher costs, longer delays, and bigger headaches, it's up to Congress to put up a roadblock.

In our administration, we're going to follow the law, and any policy that we move forward will fall well within the law and the Arizona Constitution.