Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt will ignore allegations involving his spending, travel, and ethics when he opens his testimony before Thursday’s much-anticipated House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing.

Pruitt’s opening statement, posted Wednesday in advance of the hearing, focuses on policy, with his usual message about returning the EPA to a “back to the basics agenda,” emphasizing his cleaning up of Superfund sites, combating lead in drinking water, and giving more power to states.