Andrew R. Wheeler

Since the first Earth Day, the EPA has regulated lead out of paint, air, and gasoline. It started fuel-economy testing (and then…

— Andrew R. Wheeler

Yes, climate is an issue and we are working to address it, but I think water is a bigger issue.

— Andrew R. Wheeler

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

— Andrew R. Wheeler

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

— Andrew R. Wheeler

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

— Andrew R. Wheeler

When you have a thousand children that die a day from lack of drinking water, that's a crisis and that's a crisis…

— Andrew R. Wheeler

We have the safest drinking water in the world.

— Andrew R. Wheeler

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…

— Andrew R. Wheeler

Through our regulatory reforms, the Trump administration is proving that burdensome federal regulations are not necessary to drive environmental progress. What makes…

— Andrew R. Wheeler

I like the outdoors.

— Andrew R. Wheeler

We are working to understand and regulate per- and polyfluoroalkyl synthetic chemicals, known as PFAS and PFOS, used to make water-repellent fabrics…

— Andrew R. Wheeler

Under President Donald Trump's leadership, EPA has sought to undo and correct the Obama administration's failed regulatory decisions, proving that environmental protection…

— Andrew R. Wheeler

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

— Andrew R. Wheeler

I am an Eagle Scout. I am very proud of that. When I was in college I worked summers in a Boy…

— Andrew R. Wheeler

Under the Clean Water Act, the federal government has jurisdiction over navigable waters - defined as the 'waters of the United States.'…

— Andrew R. Wheeler

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

— Andrew R. Wheeler

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

— Andrew R. Wheeler

I did do my undergraduate work in biology.

— Andrew R. Wheeler

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

— Andrew R. Wheeler

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

— Andrew R. Wheeler

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

— Andrew R. Wheeler

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

— Andrew R. Wheeler

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

— Andrew R. Wheeler

Up to 2.5 billion people around the world lack access to safe drinking water and, as a result, proper sanitation. This fact…

— Andrew R. Wheeler

The fact is that the climate changes regularly.

— Andrew R. Wheeler