Lawmakers Nov 3, 1983 - Sec of the Interior
Lawmakers Nov 3, 1983 - Sec of the Interior
Lawmakers 11/03/1983
Lawmakers Nov 3, 1983 - Sec of the Interior
Paul Duke introduces report on new Secretary of the Interior, William Clark, and controversy over previous secretary James Watt. Many in Congress doubt that substantive policy change will take place.
Lawmakers Nov 3, 1983 - Sec of the Interior
Senator Howard Metzenbaum (D - Ohio), says, I think that there will be more openness, more communication, more willingness to talk and none of this flippancy that Jim Watt brought to the department. But I don t think from a policy standpoint you re going to see many changes.
Lawmakers Nov 3, 1983 - Sec of the Interior
Sierra Club spokesman, Michael McCloskey, The key policy decisions facing the Interior Secretary include: to oppose the questionable practice (instituted under James Watt )
Lawmakers Nov 3, 1983 - Sec of the Interior
Aerials of mountainous forest
Lawmakers Nov 3, 1983 - Sec of the Interior
Giant crane digging coal out of huge open pit mine
Lawmakers Nov 3, 1983 - Sec of the Interior
River running through mountainous area. May be a national park.
Lawmakers Nov 3, 1983 - Sec of the Interior
Sierra Club spokesman, Michael McCloskey, whether to stop oil and gas leasing in national wildlife refuges.
Lawmakers Nov 3, 1983 - Sec of the Interior
William Clark hearing before Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Senator Lowell Weicker (R - Connecticut). How do you look on the refuges? William Clark. Well Senator I believe we have 417 wildlife refuges and I think some 50 of them now have some type of production on them. At the same time I ve be assured by the department that there have been no recent leases on any wildlife land in the jurisdiction of the department.
Lawmakers Nov 3, 1983 - Sec of the Interior
William Clark hearing before Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. William Clark. Senator, needless to say I will making no announcements on any changes of policy other than to assure you that the President has requested that I review all policy
Lawmakers Nov 3, 1983 - Sec of the Interior
William Clark hearing before Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. William Clark. I don t think it fair for me to sit here and judge of the Secretary Watt or any of his predecessor Secretaries that I ve referred to. To use the vernacular - They don t work here anymore.
Lawmakers Nov 3, 1983 - Sec of the Interior
William Clark hearing before Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Senator Howard Metzenbaum (D - Ohio) I m concerned that we re asked to consider a nominee for confirmation who is really dancing the light fantastic around the whole question of where he stands on some of these issues.
Lawmakers Nov 3, 1983 - Sec of the Interior
William Clark hearing before Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Senator Wendell Ford (D - Kentucky). I understand you re pretty good at stonewalling. Is that true? William Clark. Senator that would be for others to judge.
Lawmakers Nov 3, 1983 - Sec of the Interior
William Clark hearing before Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Senator Howard Metzenbaum (D - Ohio), I will say you are patient. I don t know what s going to happen to you as Interior Secretary, but you re a cool cookie. You re not like Watt who probably would have flown off the handle.
Lawmakers Nov 3, 1983 - Sec of the Interior
William Clark hearing before Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Jay Hair, National Wildlife Federation, I strongly hope that he bring about the change in tone, personnel, and policies that the Interior Department so desperately needs. To that end, The National Wildlife Federation stands ready, willing, and able to work with him in a positive and responsible manner.
Lawmakers Nov 3, 1983 - Sec of the Interior
William Tornage, The Wilderness Society, in office, It will be harder to focus public attention on the bad policies of the administration. It will be harder to focus public attention on the damage that s being done to wildlife, to parks, to wilderness areas, to coastal areas. And it will be harder to raise money.
Lawmakers Nov 3, 1983 - Sec of the Interior
Senator Malcolm Wallop (R - Wyoming) says Those who say wait and see are the ones who will most likely be able to tailor and shape the policies that come down in ways which are responsible. And clearly they have a role to play in that tension that I described earlier. But those who simply say reject him out of hand we re going to teach this administration a lesson - well they re being taught the clearest lesson of all, and that is the public voted for the President and voted for the people who now support him in the majority in the Senate.
Lawmakers Nov 3, 1983 - Sec of the Interior
William Tornage, The Wilderness Society, says, I think that the underlying point is that these are Ronald Reagan s policies. Ronald Reagan is an anti-environmentalist. That s what it comes down to. And slice it any way you want, you can t get away from that and it isn t likely to change.