“The EPA historically has been an agency where people go to work at the...” — Andrew R. Wheeler Quote

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“From the very start, I thought there were four key principles that the agency should focus on: driving private investment, driving innovation, promoting competition, and protecting consumers.”

“For me, leadership is making a difference. It's using your agency to bring about change.”

“Right after 9/11, I mean, every agency can give their own gradation, but a nice, popular rule of thumb is everybody doubled down. I ended up in the NSA with about twice as much money as I had prior to 9/11.”