Ron Wyden

They recognize that jobs and protecting our treasures are not mutually exclusive, that you can do both.

You did not just say you are for jobs. You went out and you helped us actually get sponsors for the legislation.

They are sure looking for your new lens in terms of trying to deal with these tribal water issues.

I am supporting Congresswoman Haaland and we will hopefully get a chance to make those points on the Floor of the United States Senate.

I want to make sure that, despite that decision, you are going to work to make sure that there is a fair value for the taxpayer on the price of coal leasing.

You are one of the leaders in terms of actually pulling people together to come up with bipartisan solutions.

I appreciate your answer, Congresswoman. And you know, the reality is, these kinds of efforts, like the bill with Congressman Neguse, the 21st Century Civilian Conservation Corps, can be a big economic multiplier.

You have already stated very clearly here that you are going to carry out President Biden's agenda.

I very much appreciate the fact that the Secretary of Interior being Native American will give us an extra advantage on BIA issues.

They want people to have a chance to hear each other out and then find some common ground.

This idea of forcing folks laid off through no fault of their own to kind of lurch from one cliff to another.

Millions of Americans are unemployed this morning, and expanded unemployment insurance expires on March 14th.

It is time to tie unemployment insurance to real economic conditions on the ground.

It is the longest running battle since the Trojan War.

We need to really have a concrete, specific game plan to complete this decades-long effort and actually deal with the safety of the people in Oregon and Washington, in particular.

Hearing that it is urgent business for you is what the people of the Pacific Northwest want to hear.

I think the important work that is being done on climate, our 21st Century Civilian Conservation Corps, is an ideal fit with the cutting-edge research that you are doing at the Department of Energy.

Clean energy can create more high skill, high wage jobs.

I am delighted that President Biden has nominated you, Governor Granholm, for this important position.

I am grateful to you, Senator Murkowski, for convening this hearing this morning to consider the nomination of my friend, Governor Jennifer Granholm, to be the nation's 16th Secretary of Energy.

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Congress also needs to fix our broken tax code, starting with the proposition that corporations, millionaires, and billionaires must pay a fair share.

It's a shame that this country has never had a woman Treasury Secretary.

The outgoing administration was big on corporate tax giveaways, and it increased incentives to ship jobs overseas instead of eliminating them.

President-elect Biden couldn't have made a better choice.