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The EPA went rogue and Trump's pick will rein it in

CNN ^ | Dec. 15, 2016 | Brett J. Talley

Posted on by PROCON

(CNN)Any parent who has ever disciplined children knows that no matter how hard it might be, it's for their own good. The Environmental Protection Agency could use some discipline right about now.

During the Obama administration, the EPA became a lawless organ of federal power, divorced from the Congressional statutes that were meant to constrain it. If it is to be reformed, it will need the steady hand of someone who understands just how thoroughly it has gone astray. Enter Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, a man who has spent the last six years pushing back on the EPA's most egregious overreaches.

Given Pruitt's recent role as EPA antagonizer-in-chief, it's little wonder that some on the left have responded with howling rage to his nomination. How, they ask, can a man who has repeatedly sued the EPA now be tapped to lead it?



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A brilliant pick in Oklahoma AG Pruitt. Rein the EPA in and then gut it!



To: PROCON

Currently, the EPA heads up the 4th branch of gov’t, the Regulatory Branch.



To: PROCON

CNN calling a key pillar of the ideological leftist nanny state “broken” and “rogue?” Unbelievable!



To: PROCON

We are going to miss Scott here in OK, but he is a solid guy and will shake the EPA to its core.



by 4 posted onby FatherofFive (Islam is EVIL and needs to be eradicated)

To: PROCON

Can’t be CNN. There must be a typo.



by 5 posted onby wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)

To: PGR88; wastoute

Articles author: Brett J. Talley is a lawyer, author, one-time writer for Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign and former speechwriter for Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio. He is deputy solicitor general at the office of Alabama's attorney general. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his.



by 6 posted onby PROCON (Onto the Great American Rebirth!)

To: PROCON

I had wondered if Scott Pruitt was related to Oklahoma football great Greg Pruitt. Then I looked at Scott’s picture. Probably not.



To: PGR88

Can believe I just something that represents sanity and logic on the Clinton News Network.



by 8 posted onby gr8eman (Don't waste your energy trying to understand commies. Use it to defeat them!)

To: PROCON

Yes, its an opinion piece, but I’m surprised CNN printed it.



To: PROCON

Mass hysteria! Dogs and cats living together!



by 10 posted onby wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)

To: wastoute; PGR88

I'm sure CNN ran this story so it can show it's readers how "radical" and "out of touch" Trump's EPA pick is and he's a CLIMATE CHANGE DENIER and doesn't believe in SETTLED SCIENCE!!



by 11 posted onby PROCON (Onto the Great American Rebirth!)

To: PROCON

Any agency that deems CO2 a pollutant should be terminated.



by 12 posted onby The_Media_never_lie ( Agenda driven news is fake news.)

To: PROCON

“The EPA went rogue and Trump’s pick will rein it in”.... Better yet, ELIMINATE it!



To: PGR88

not really, they’re trying to create an alternate reality by portraying the EPA has falling out of Obama’s control ...who really believes that? The left are too powermad to let that happen..



To: wastoute

My favorite quotation ever!



by 15 posted onby YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - JRRT)

To: wastoute

... except I think it is in the reverse order.



by 16 posted onby YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - JRRT)

To: PROCON

Congress needs to pass a law that any new regulation must be approved by congress. This will have several extremely beneficial effects. 1. will keep regulations to a minimum

2. will restore the legislative power back to elected representatives as opposed to it being in the hand of the agencies that are under the executive branch.

3. will eliminate the possibility of runaway rogue agencies

4. will keep the congress men so busy they won’t have to pass any but the most urgent laws. The next two years is the perfect time to do that with a republican Congress and president.



To: PROCON

We need for the EPA nothing less than euthanasia or even murder most foul. All the reform and pruning that might be done will be of no avail in the long run so long as the agency is allowed to continue in existence. Same goes for the DOEs and all the others.



To: PROCON

Don’t gut it. Kill it. Just gut it and it will rise again to again lay waste to the American economy..



To: PGR88

CNN will do what it needs to do- to a point- to not be cut out of the hallowed Access.



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