Gary Locke: “President Obama has excited people around the country to serve their communities, to be engaged in their communities…”

We need to use science as the guide, and we need to have open, transparent policies working with the stakeholder groups so they understand the objectives.

If I could just point out, Senator, I think the demands for climate information and assistance to adapt to climate change are going to increase over time as people--more and more people see the effects of climate change and understand it…

we cannot be successful in having sustainable harvests, having sustainable fisheries if we do not have the science and the scientific data to drive those policy decisions.

The wholesale revocation of student visas based on national origin — and without an investigation — is xenophobic and wrong.