Brian Schweitzer
Brian Schweitzer
Brian David Schweitzeris an American politician who served as the 23rd Governor of Montana from January 5, 2005 to January 7, 2013. Schweitzer served for a time as chair of the Western Governors Association as well as the Democratic Governors Association. He also served as president of the Council of State Governments...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth4 September 1955
CountryUnited States of America
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has been elevated to a much higher level than it has been in the past.
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Look at these numbers, ... People seem to like what we're doing.
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Smell that, ... You hardly smell anything. This is a clean fuel, converted from coal by a chemical process. We can produce enough of this in Montana to power every American car for decades.
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If Washington, D.C., is not going to think big, if they're not going bring us any grand new ideas on energy independence and security, then it falls on the shoulders of the states and the private industry, and that is what we are doing here in these coming days,
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If I stay in Washington for more than 72 hours, ... I have to bathe myself in the same stuff I use when my dog gets into a fight with a skunk.
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I'm going to stand up among a bunch of elected governors and say, 'Are we going to allow the military without a shot being fired to effectively do an end-run coup on civilian government? Are we going to allow that?' ... We're going to have a little civics lesson for some leaders who are apparently out of touch in the military.
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The fire season is probably going to be over in the next 50 days, but those next 50 days are going to be critical,
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Agriculture will continue to be a large part of who we are in Montana, ... But growth depends on access to public land and quality of life.
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All we have gotten from state government is excuses, obstruction and inaction,
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This is a historic construction project, and it will set a standard for impaired rivers worldwide, ... If that dam were to break, there's no telling what would happen. It wasn't built to last this long.