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
At first glance, the President's mix of spending and spending cuts presents a fiscally tight budget. But, this proposal is ultimately what's wrong with Washington. The President is not being forthcoming about his budget or the booming deficit.
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.
During harvest, agricultural producers are some of the largest fuel consumers in the United States,
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.
Rural Americans and ranchers are on the brink of existence, ... The rising fuel costs will put family farmers and ranchers out of business if they continue to go up, and this is just one of the horrible consequences of rising oil prices.
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.
That would make me a completely absent father and that's unacceptable,
I would hope that you join me in making sure that organizations like those that you are a member of commit to making sure no one, including senators, is attacked because of his or her faith,
the president appoints someone who brings a right-wing ideology and is going to use the court to advance their views.
Here's how I put it to them, ... I said, 'I have no intention to run for governor. There are other candidates out there who can do a great job as governor of Colorado.'
Having received such information, Mr. Brown should have acted more quickly than he did - and should not have suggested to the American public that he was given contrary information.
Frankly, we don't understand what the true motivation was,
I don't think he would vote to overturn Roe vs. Wade,
I am sorry that it has been interpreted as going beyond that point,