“Every one of us is an environmentalist. I make this point, so nobody gets to claim the high ground. It's like somebody saying, 'I'm a better conservative than you.' No, we all care about our environment. We all want clean water. We all want clean air,”

Tom Emmer · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-19

Emmer dismissed environmental groups' support for Walz's order as a 'false argument.'