Ken Salazar

able to actually forecast this event to prevent the endangerment of people and places that would otherwise have occurred.

There's no one that cares more about the national security of the United States than President Obama and the members of this committee.

I do hope that I can be a problem solver in the time that I serve as Secretary of Interior on behalf of the Nation and its people.

Now is the time to show the nation that we are serious about meeting our energy needs by supporting the production of American energy from American waters.

I believe that we should move forward as quickly and as expeditiously as we can.

We are looking at everything out in the Outer Continental Shelf.

ANWR as a national refuge needs to be absolutely protected.

We want to make sure that it fits in with a comprehensive energy program.

On a very important question that you raise on the revenue sharing, it is an important question for the United States of America.

We just need to move forward. In my view, aggressively in building the super electronic highway.

We haven't made any specific decisions with respect to any of the offshore areas in Alaska.

We will take a look at those overlays. See where those energy zones make the most sense.

Senator, being that our meetings will actually take place during the month of April. We have extended the comment period for 180 days on the revised 5-year plan.

the technology with the oil and gas industry has significantly changed over time.

President Obama... believes that we need to move forward with a comprehensive energy plan.

It's really an effort on our part, Senator Bennett, to make sure that we're being proactive in our planning.

It seems to me that if we were a private landowner that we'd want to know what the best information is so that we can make cogent, logical decisions about how to move forward.

I believe that we will be in a position where we'll be able to do that in the several months ahead.

Breaking the chains of our over dependence on foreign oil is a central tenant of what we are attempting to do.

I believe the Department of Interior should have a robust role in the citing.

As President Obama said during the campaign and as he has said since then, he, you know, wants us to have a comprehensive energy plan.

the lack of coordination is wasteful.

I am, today the only person who has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate.

I appreciate your strong sentiment with respect to those 77 lease parcels.

I'm proud to let you know this morning that as of late last night we signed a memorandum of understanding between the Department of Interior and FERC that will allow us to move forward with the citing of renewable energy facilities in the…