Americans pay up to 1,000 percent more to fill their prescriptions than consumers in other countries - that is an alarming statistic.
My family has spent 400 years farming on the banks of the Rio Grande. We know the value of hard work, love of the community, love for water and land.
It's a new day at the Department of Interior, and we need to examine what makes the most sense for the American people. These are American resources and American treasures, and we need to make sure we're providing the right kind of protection, oversight and stewardship of these resources for the American people.
We are talking about institutionalizing a program on solar development that will outlast the Obama administration.
Shale gas has provided the United States the opportunity to have 100 years of supply that is domestically produced. If we are going to develop natural gas from shale, it has to be done in a safe and responsible manner.
Hydraulic fracking is very much a necessary part of the future of natural gas.
