Ken Salazar: “I believe the legislation, Senator Bingaman, is moving in the right direction.”

The Department of Interior officially stated in its recent letter to Congress about the study that its preferred management option is the creation of a new, national historical park.

By investing in our parks and promoting them to visitors, especially internationally, we can have the dual benefit of an improved National Park System and a stronger economy that produces more jobs.

I believe hydraulic fracking is safe. We know that, from everything we have seen, there is not a single case where hydraulic fracturing has created an environmental problem for anyone. We need to make sure that story is told.

We're producing more from public lands, both oil and gas, both onshore as well as offshore, than any time in recent memory.