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3:16 p.m.: "I want to make this clear . . . I am absolutely against the sale of public lands"
But giving them away??? yeah, that idea has some legs.... In fact, just last week I voted to make that simple.
Apparently lots of "great questions".
Lee can suck it. Complete idiot. Someone should have taken the mic away, I feel dumber for listening to him.
Without question, our public lands are America’s
treasure and are rich in diversity. I fully recognize and appreciate
that there are lands that deserve special recognition
and are better managed under the John Muir model of wilderness,
where man is more of an observer than an active participant.
I also recognize that the preponderance of our federal
holdings are better suited to be managed under the Pinchot
model of multiple use using best practices, sustainable policies,
and objective science.
It takes both sides to create an arch that serves
higher purpose and that higher purpose is best achieved through
the approval and consent of Congress. In a nutshell, that is my
commitment to you. If confirmed, I will work with each of you
to ensure the use of our public lands reflects higher purpose so
that our children’s children can look back and say “we did it
right”. I have met with almost every member of the Committee
and understand that each state is different, and you have
different priorities and issues.
Most people who are for the transfer of public lands would say they are against the sale of public lands. Both trails lead to the same outhouse.
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to head the Interior Department earned $85,000 from a company that has a stock price of 8 cents, an accumulated deficit of more than $100 million and no customers.
Before he was elected to Congress from Montana, Ryan Zinke was a board member and consultant for Save the World Air, according to disclosure forms released by the Office of Government Ethics this month. The company, founded in 1998 and now called QS Energy Inc., is marketing a system that it says will boost the flow of oil in pipelines.
According to a Security and Exchange Commission filing, Zinke, a former Navy Seal, was paid $5,000 a month to arrange introductions and meetings, including with state officials. His efforts appeared to pay off: After he joined the company, TransCanada Corp. agreed to pay the company for letting it test its equipment on the U.S. portion of the Keystone pipeline, resulting in QS Energy’s first revenue from that product, according to another SEC filing.
But, in the end, those tests failed to generate a sale.
"He was a good friend of the company, and I hope he remains a friend of the company," Steve Bonser, a spokesman for QS Energy, said. Bonser said the company has yet to find a customer for its AOT technology, which aims to boost pipeline flow by cutting the viscosity of crude oil. The company did not make any sales of its AOT technology during Zinke’s time there, SEC filings show, and Bonser said the company has yet to find a customer for it.
Zinke promoted QS Energy while a Montana state senator, saying its technology could help with broader national goals.
"I am confident that STWA’s pipeline technology will be a major player in reaching America’s goal of energy independence," Zinke was quoted as saying in a 2012 press release for the company. The statement said he arranged meetings for the company at a Montana state energy conference.
In 2013 it got the contract with TransCanada. After the testing, however, both companies agreed the tests were flawed, according to company filings.
Before Zinke joined it, Save the World had marketed a $195 auto part that promised to curb pollution.
"There can be no assurances that we will be successful in marketing our products, or that customers will ultimately purchase our products," the company said in its most recent 10-K form, dated March 2016.
Newberg's Fresh Track's mentioned at 3:56:00 (ish) from Senator Heinrich!