Bruce Babbitt
Bruce Babbitt
Bruce Edward Babbittis an American politician from the state of Arizona. A member of the Democratic Party, Babbitt served as the 16th governor of Arizona from 1978 to 1987, and as the United States Secretary of the Interior from 1993 through 2001...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth27 June 1938
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
chance president since
This isn't just about today, this about generations to come. And you've got a chance to be the greatest conservation President since Theodore Roosevelt, and I think he's done it.
chamber found haul star time
They haul you up there for, you know, week after week in this kind of star chamber proceeding. Then at the end of it they say, well, we found nothing, but now it's time for special counsel.
chance miss opportunity serve single work
I wouldn't miss this opportunity for anything. For the chance to work on these conservation issues, to serve my country, to work for this president, I'd do it all over again, every single minute.
What I finally did in 1995 was I said, I'm going to get out of this town and I'm going to go out West.
job
Look, this job has always been a crucible of conflict.
protect proven wisely
What we've proven is that you can protect the environment, use it wisely and grow the economy and that there is no conflict between the two.
grew
I grew up in the West, grew up on the land, was educated as a geologist.
congress experience pleasant political terribly
Well, it's not a pleasant experience. And it's a terribly political process, because that thing was initiated by the Congress and by, you know, our adversaries in the Congress.
basic clear cut reduce saw
There's a basic kind of tension here. It's between those who say, I'd like to clear cut this forest and reduce it to saw timber because that's an economically productive thing for me to do.
paying pleasant
No kidding. That's really true. You're paying your own bills through this. It's not a pleasant experience.
cannot change efforts obscure truth
Efforts to obscure the truth will not and cannot change the facts,
commitment environmental national single
Stewart Udall, more than any other single person, was responsible for reviving the national commitment to conservation and environmental preservation.
october relief september tough
It's going to be a long tough summer, ... There's no relief in sight. We've got September and October to go.
agency clear large learned lessons mistakes
It's clear that there were large mistakes of agency oversight. Lessons must be learned from this.