MARKEY: Salazar Will Remove “For Sale" Sign on America's Lands, Restore Respectability at Interior Dept.
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Contact: Chairman Ed Markey, 202-225-4081
MARKEY: Salazar Will Remove “For Sale” Sign on America’s Lands, Restore Respectability at Interior Dept.
WASHINGTON (December 17, 2008) – Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a 30-plus year veteran of the House Natural Resources Committee and Chairman of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, released the following statement on the nomination of Sen. Ken Salazar (D-Colo.) to be Interior Secretary:
“Ken Salazar will bring respectability back to the Interior Department by removing the ‘For Sale’ sign the Bush administration has placed on our public lands for the last eight years, giving away millions of acres to fossil fuel barons.
“He will choose protecting American taxpayers over padding the pockets of Exxon. And he will push for better oversight of his own agency, which has had some of the most severe ethical problems during the Bush administration’s tenure.”
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