John Salazar: “I would not have taken this job if I was not given the assignment to help craft the energy moon shot.”

The mountain pine beetle epidemic in Colorado and throughout the West is devastating, Madam Chair. It is destroying our forests and threatening our communities.

You know, there is no doubt that climate change and global warming is having an impact on a whole host of important natural features of this world, including the species that we have.

The next Secretary of Interior is going to need to bring with them an abundance of selflessness and integrity, and Colorado's senior Senator has these qualities to spare.

I hope that you will work with us and give coastal States like mine a seat at the table