John Salazar: “There really are two Americas that we have--that have a different reality and it all depends on how far you are away…”

failure here is not an option.

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

There are some realities that are going to hit this committee, the Members of the Congress, the President-elect and all of us, and that is, that we are in some very tough economic times.

Absolutely. It is the President-elect's mission, and we will be part of that mission as we take this energy moon shot.