Ken Salazar

We see the work that we do in the Department to be very connected to job creation and job security in America.

the oil and gas industry simply was not prepared to deal with that kind of a blowout

Congressman Holt, there are critical areas within the Lease Sale 220 area in Virginia, the triangle, which is something which is very important to our country.

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

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

Congresswoman Napolitano, I am not familiar with this most recent story that you allude to.

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

I strongly disagree with the October 12 letter's broken promise theory and know of nothing implicit or explicit in the Arizona Wilderness Act, Mr. Udall's sponsorship of it, or the events leading to its passage, to support it.

I am confident that the actions of Secretary Salazar are entirely consistent with both the letter of the Arizona Wilderness Act of 1984 and Congressional intent behind it.

St. Augustine is one of our Creator's most special places.

That history is important to tell.

Unless we deal with the fracking issue in the right way that it can become the Achilles heel to that huge potential for the United States.

We want to figure out a way of moving forward with the production of oil and gas in these areas.

I agree with you, and I do think that, right now, the 30-day timeframe doesn't work to advance that particular objective because applications, exploration plans end up getting returned because there is not enough time to work through them.

the reality is that 30 days is simply not enough.

I will call these shots within my authority as Secretary of Interior.

I think this is a very important issue that I hope we can find some common way of moving forward to restoring the Gulf of Mexico

The President's energy future very much envisions natural gas being a significant part of what we do.

Thank you very much, Senator Bingaman. As the chairman of the committee, it has always been an honor working with you...

You can't do that when you are essentially in a position where you are forced to do approvals in a 60-day timeframe.

I think those kinds of efforts are a way in which we can move forward to the kind of clean energy technology that we want to have.

The revenues we seek here for the BOEMRE are absolutely essential if this Congress wants us to move forward with robust energy and gas production in America's oceans.

I fully agree with the concept. I think coming from a very rural area myself, I never liked Denver telling the San Luis Valley what to do.

I would ask you to consider the conservation funding in that context.

The Water Smart program... will make sure we are doing more with the water we have.