Ken Salazar
Ken Salazar
Kenneth Lee "Ken" Salazarserved as the 50th United States Secretary of the Interior, in the administration of President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a United States Senator from Colorado from 2005 to 2009. He and Mel Martinezwere the first Hispanic U.S. Senators since 1977; they were joined by Bob Menendezin January 2006. Prior to his election to the U.S. Senate, he served as Attorney General of Colorado from 1999...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth2 March 1955
CountryUnited States of America
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allow the clock of progress for our country, and in particular for women, to be turned back by diminishing the number of women on the court.
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For some in Washington, it's become sport to pick on the federal workforce. I think they do so unjustly. The very foundation of a stable America is having a government that functions well. Many countries have dysfunctional governments, because they don't have a good government workforce.
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Americans pay up to 1,000 percent more to fill their prescriptions than consumers in other countries - that is an alarming statistic.
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Our country has suffered from an on-again, off-again energy policy that has failed to get us to energy independence. As President Obama has said, we need a comprehensive energy plan for the country that includes conventional resources like oil and gas, but that also takes advantage of wind, solar, biomass, geothermal, and other renewable resources.
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On the Native American front, we have turned a new page in the 400-year history of the interface between the American settlers of this country and the nation's first Americans. That's included a new relationship where the sovereignty of tribes is in fact recognized.
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The way Americans most understand the history of Latinos in this country, a lot of it is being told now through the lens of what's happening with the immigration debate. While that's an important debate that has security and moral implications, in my view, there's also a huge history of Latinos in the United States that's never been told.
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the faith of a person should not be a consideration on their nomination or confirmation for any judicial position in the United States.
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If I were to add a statewide campaign for governor, I think it would be too much.
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I'm very pleased that progress is being made, ... I know the legislative process, and there's still a long way to go before we get to a final conclusion to this saga. But this is a significant step forward.
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Everywhere I've gone in Colorado, the farmers are telling me they're about ready to go into bankruptcy because they can't borrow any more money, ... The money they're having to spend on fuel prices I think is going to put a number of our farmers over the brink.
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During harvest, agricultural producers are some of the largest fuel consumers in the United States,
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Farmers need to work together with their community to try and develop measures of relief, ... Nothing specifically can be done yet, but there is much concern.
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At the end of the day, the president should know if he sends someone who is an ideologue or somebody who is an extremist right winger, that person is going to have a very, very difficult time getting through the Senate, ... I think you'll find unity among the Democratic caucus in opposing someone like that.
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This episode where the White House consulted with powerful interests in the Republican Party but not sufficiently with the Senate is troubling and disappointing, ... I renew my call that the President provide sufficient and necessary information about his nominee for the United States Supreme Court to the Senate so we can perform our Constitutional duty of advice and consent.