John Salazar Quotations

would lead to a 40 percent cut in current benefits for middle-class beneficiaries, add 5 trillion dollars to our national debt and make the system weaker in the future.

He was scared. I had never seen a terrified face like that.

I always am a firm believer in you compensate people for their job, and so I did give them bonuses. We accomplished a lot in Congress, we passed health care reform. There were threats against their lives; they had a tough two years. They'd forgone any cost-of-living increase or any bonus before.

Our number one priority should be to guarantee that all American worker get the benefits they have earned -- everyone should get back what they worked so hard to put into the system. Changing the Social Security system to drain the trust fund and cut benefits simply does not make sense,

Our No. 1 priority should be to guarantee that all American workers get the benefits they have earned -- everyone should get back what they worked so hard to put into the system. Changing the Social Security system to drain the trust fund and cut benefits simply does not make sense,

Somehow that case slipped through the cracks. A net had to be established, especially here in Santa Cruz where people care so much about people.

I'm so impressed by the way the people of Southern Colorado are responding to Hurricane Katrina. This is the largest natural disaster I've seen, but we're all standing shoulder to shoulder to help.

We have a moral obligation to stand up and protect Social Security for the next 70 years and beyond -- that means stopping privatization and dropping partisan demands for private accounts,

We do believe that higher wages are better for everyone,

We're very concerned about the impact this will have, particularly on small businesses. This will give anyone the right to access the nonwork areas of a business to talk to employees about any law, not just labor laws. It could be very disruptive and invasive to small businesses.

Across the country, people are willing to tighten their belts and sacrifice. The president should ask the oil industry to do the same.

Across the country, people are willing to tighten their belts and sacrifice, ... The president should ask the oil industry to do the same.

Accepting the blame and putting politics aside would have been the true sign of leadership, ... (President Bush) has taken responsibility - Congress needs to do the same.

For 70 years, Social Security has never failed to pay a promised benefit to seniors or people with disabilities -- it has never been a day late or a dollar short, ... The plan he (Bush) is offering won't even come close to putting the program on solid financial footing.

It's made a lot of veterans angry when I talked to them at the VA hospital. We're not keeping our promises to veterans and they know it.

It shouldn't take an emergency for this Administration to deal with the health care needs of our nation's heroes. Funding the VA and our bringing our troops home safely should never be treated as an afterthought.

servants of the people and should be held to the same standards as those we represent. This is evidence that our system of checks and balances is working in the best interests of the people. No one is above the law.

A partisan panel of government officials to look into the government's mistakes? That's like the fox guarding the henhouse,

It has never been a day late or a dollar short, ... But now, that guaranteed benefit is being threatened by a fabricated crisis and a false solution.

For the moment, I have totally ruled out the governor's race,

We need a president who understands the contributions and values of rural America, a president who understands the men and women who are up at 5 a.m. every day to grow the food that we put on our tables.

We took the insurance companies out of the driver's seat.

I haven't forgotten where I came from.

By increasing the use of renewable fuels such as ethanol and bio-diesel, and providing the Department of Energy with a budget to create more energy efficiency options, agriculture can be the backbone of our energy supply as well.

All communities have a right to clean water. The taxpayers of Pueblo should not have to carry the burden of the clean up cost simply because they live downstream.

How do you tell troops who volunteered to fight for our freedoms that the country they fought for won't take care of them when they come back? In the time of war our troops and their families are supposed to be our number one priority.

I have always said there is only one thing that can bring our nation down - our dependence on foreign countries for food and energy. Agriculture is the backbone of our economy.