Ken Salazar: “I am honored to appear before you today as President-elect Obama's nominee to be Secretary of the Interior.”

I think what Maine has done at its center with Senator Collins's leadership has been extraordinary.

the President, as part of our all-of-the-above energy strategy, has felt that it is important for us to know what the resources are we have.

We will do everything we can because it is highest priority for the President of the United States and for me to move forward.

The President was very clear in asking for the authority to be able to reorganize the Government.