Ken Salazar

Sometimes what ends up happening is when the government does things in a rushed and wrong way you end up having consequences to human beings like the Harrisons that you don't have when you do it the right way.

I totally disagree with your characterizations of our action.

I don't believe we should engage in the wholesale giveaway of public lands, which is what the previous administration did.

We are not waiting, and we have not waited.

I think it would be good for the economic health of our Nation and of our States.

I believe that, ultimately, if we do things right, we can avoid bad consequences to people.

We want to be the last. We want to get it done.

It is time to modernize, it is time to make hard choices and it is time for the Federal government to reengage in full partnership with the 21st century water system for the State of California.

The 1872 Mining Law from the point of view of the Department of Interior and the administration is a law that must be changed.

I think there is a possibility we can get mining reform done in this Congress.

It is time to make reform of the Mining Law part of our agenda of responsible resource development.

I agree with you, Senator Wyden. I think one of the things that we have to aim for is some simplicity as well.

It is a signature issue of our time. It is an issue which we--I am confident we'll act on.

It is about reducing our dangerous dependence on foreign oil.

Those projects alone will create some 50,000 jobs here in the United States of America.

And those key principles are, as President Obama has often said, first of all reducing our dangerous dependence on foreign oil, second of all, creating millions of new energy jobs here in the United States of America, and third…

Let me first say that the energy and climate change legislation that is before you that you will be dealing with really, in so many ways, is a signature issue of the 21st century and for our world.

So, it is my hope that you will find ways of coming together and moving this legislation forward.

I understand the enormity of the problem and the importance of the problem.

There are going to be limitations relative to where you actually do the siting of some of these facilities.

The money that we are currently using as we move forward with the environmental analysis for these wind projects... will go into those kinds of analyses.

Those are numbers that came out of the National Renewable Energy Lab in Golden, Colorado.

I think we need a whole new strategy with respect to how we deal with this mushrooming problem on our public lands.

The new energy frontier I think is here, and we are going to move forward in a very robust way to develop alternative energies.

I remember concerns that you raised, which I believe are legitimate concerns relative to the aesthetic issues that you talked about with respect to wind.