Ken Salazar

My hope is that we're going to be able to do that with respect to the sage grouse.

It's job creation and energy, both in the conventional energy, as well as renewable energy.

So when we look at the $662 million for conventional oil and gas, it foresees our robust move into moving forward with development of oil and gas resources in the Gulf of Mexico.

When I look at the oil shale potential of your State, Wyoming, and Colorado, I think there is potential there, but we need to move forward with answers to some very tough questions.

It honors our important responsibilities to the 566 tribes and Alaskan natives of the United States of America.

That's been a broken promise to America.

I think we have a responsibility--I believe we have a responsibility, under the laws of this country, to make sure that these 700 million acres of the American citizen-owned public estate, that we have taking care of those lands in a way…

We have had, Congressman Fleming, very significant input, including--I think it has been more than a year ago...

The President has been very clear from day one to me, as Secretary of the Interior: We have an all-of-the-above energy strategy.

the measures that we have put in place, in my view, Congressman Fleming, are very appropriate, common-sense measures.

I think there are many in the industry who have spoken to me who have said that they would rather have a standard that they can follow from state to state, so they are not subjected--you know, almost--most of the companies that are…

We invest in job creation through energy, conservation, water, tribal homelands, and the science that is required to support all of those initiatives.

Thank you, Congressman Lamborn, for that very good question.

This budget is a squeeze budget with tough choices and painful cuts.

We must have a policy that embodies the best consultation practices available, responds to the needs of Tribal leaders to be more engaged in policy development and promotes more responsible decision-making on issues affecting American…

The new framework institutionalizes meaningful consultation so that tribal leaders are at the table and engaged when it comes to the matters that affect them.

The main challenge that we face here in the United States of America is job creation.

We have record prices in oil. We have major discoveries that are being made.

I never forget California. I don't even forget Washington.

Thank you very much, Congressman Holt. It was an honor to be with you in Patterson Falls, New Jersey.

we ought not to have idle acreage that is sitting out there, and we ought to do everything we can to move forward with encouraging oil and gas production in the right places and in the right ways

developing oil and gas in the oceans of the world is not a risk-free activity, and it therefore requires us both in the Executive Branch as well as in Congress to make sure that we are moving forward with safe and responsible oil and gas…

We have a responsibility, Congressman Tipton, to make sure that we are protecting the lands on behalf of the American people.

I will say this, that we believe that developing additional information will allow us to make more informed decisions in places like the Atlantic.

In my view, some of these issues will have to be addressed in order for us to be able to move forward with a robust natural gas domestic energy supply.