Ken Salazar

I think the mood of the leadership here in Washington, D.C., is that we need to restore the confidence of the people of America back in our Congress.

It is a cop-out and it is a political gimmick that is being played on the people of the United States of America.

I have introduced legislation with Senator John McCain, the National Commission on Health Care Act (S. 2007), which will undertake a fresh review of health care in the U.S.

What we ought to be doing... is to roll that back to 7.5 million acre feet until we can restore balance.

I intend to be voting for you and I expect that you're going to get good bipartisan support for your confirmation.

I have significant concerns about what is happening with respect to the allocation of water.

I want your commitment that you'll work with Democrats and Republicans alike and treat them equal in terms of your outreach and your work with them.

For me, even though I have been here only a period of approximately five months, what I have found most troubling about Washington, D.C., is the poisonous atmosphere of partisanship that exists in this Capitol.

Hindsight is always 20-20. And I think for all of us, we wish there would have been something that could have been done to have prevented the horrific tragedy that occurred during that time.