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>> it depends where he stays. he gets a real basement bargain. now i'm back. >> sunday shows were expressing their misgivings. here they are. >> now these are unforced errors. they're stupid. a lot of problems we can't solve. but, i don't mean to denigrate him but doggone it, he represents the united states of the states and it is hurting his boss and he needs to stop. >> i think he's done a good job. i'm waiting to see what the oversight committee is going to say. the one thing i can say if you're the epa administrator and two lobbyists change the locks, you've got a problem. >> policy ground...

Detail. do you think he should resign or be fired? >> well, first of all, let me say that the actions taken by scott pruitt in the environmental arena whether it is trying to undermine the clean power plant plan or weaken the restrictions on lead or undermine methane rules are reasons enough to validate my decision to oppose his confirmation. this daily drip of accusations of excessive spending and ethical violations serve to further distract the agency from accomplishing its very important mission. i think congress needs to do some oversight. after all, we don't know the extent of the recomme...

>> first of all, let me say that the actions taken by scott pruitt in the environmental arena, whether it's trying to undermine the clean power plant plan or weaken the restrictions on lead or undermine the methane rules are reasons enough to validate my decision to oppose his confirmation. this daily drip of accusations of excessive spending and ethical violations serve to further distract the agency from accomplishing it's very important mission. i think congress needs to do some oversight, after all we don't know the extent of the recommendations made by mr. pruitt's security team. but on p...

Accusations of excessive spending and ethical violations serve to further distract the agency from accomplishing its very important mission. i think congress needs to do some oversight. afterall we don't know the extent of the recommendations made by mr. pruitt's security team, but on policy grounds alone, i think scott pruitt is the wrong person to head the epa. >> jennifer, keeping in mind that senator collins did vote against pruitt's nomination. she said she'll vote no -- i don't know, do you feel that any spine is sort of being generated in the backs and bodies of any republicans, anyone ...

Lobbyist for the only l&g export terminal operating in the u.s. at the time. so it all smells to high b heaven. i think in an ethically challenged administration, pruitt is going, i guess, for the gold medal. i just can't see how he can last. >> now, the reason he can last is because the president likes his deregulation on climate issues, which of course is one of your passions, dealing with climate change. i'm sure that on just those policy grounds, you have a problem with scott pruitt as well. let me point out another former republican governor of new jersey, chris christie, who was the head...