Political Quotes

“I join my colleague, Senator Thomas, in supporting the nomination of Gale Norton as Secretary of the Interior. She will, indeed, provide the kind of consultation that has been lacking in this past administration on important issues such as the designation of lands for conservation areas, or monuments, and some of the other issues on which there has been little consultation with the stakeholders, the people who are really most affected by the decisions of the Department of the Interior. Because so much of that Department's role recently has been the recommendation to the President of unilateral executive decisions on his part, that kind of consultation is going to be critical. Gale Norton is the kind of person who throughout her public career has brought people together and has reached solutions to problems that were primarily acceptable to all sides. I have known Gale Norton for over 20 years. First of all, she is one of the smartest people I know. She actually scored 100 percent on her law school admissions test, the so-called LSAT. She graduated magna cum laude from the University of Denver. She attended the University of Denver Law School, where she was a member of the school's honor society. She has held a variety of positions in her career, including chairing the Republican National Lawyers Association. She served under the previous President Bush on the Western Water Policy Commission.”