Ken Salazar

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.

I would be delighted to have those conversations with you and members of the subcommittee because we are doing everything we can.

When you think about the public lands being leased out at $1.35 an AUM, adding the $1 administrative fee at $2.35 still gives a tremendous benefit and advantage to part of the heritage of this country, which is the ranching heritage of…

Our proposed rule will actually address the monitoring of what happens with flowback water so it is not contaminating our streams.

I support your efforts and applaud your leadership as well on the LWCF.

We appreciate the support of this subcommittee for our priorities including the America's Great Outdoors Initiative.

The fact of the matter is, and I know ranchers, including in my family, who rent lands for probably $10, $11 an Animal Unit Month (AUM), $12 in the State of Colorado.

The budget proposes investments in an economy that works for everyone.

I can guarantee you, Senator Alexander, that there will never be a wind farm built in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park.

the President has been very strong on supporting the future of natural gas. It is an abundant domestic resource.

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

I think if the rest of the U.S. Senate were like the six of you who are here today, I think we could solve every problem in the world.

The fiscal year 2012 appropriations process was challenging for the Congress and the agencies--it required a coming together of diverse philosophies and views.

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

I disagree very much with my friend Senator Landrieu in terms of the overhaul on the oil and gas industry in America's oceans.

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

I agree with you, Mr. Chairman.

We would be happy to do so.

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 we need to do everything to encourage that kind of 'working lands conservation' approach to conservation.

I have, from day one as Secretary of the Interior, thought that Atlantic wind was one of the most promising renewable energy programs for the United States of America.

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

We can do as much as we can to minimize the risk, and we certainly have done that, I believe, in the Gulf of Mexico.

We have no plans to move forward on a reconnaissance study on the proposal from Ms. Quimby on the national park.

Unless we are able to bring about the confidence of the American people in hydraulic fracking, it could be the Achilles heel for the promising energy resource we see.