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“I want to recognize and thank all Guard members for their service. It means so much to our state and our country.”
“We cannot be a civilized society if these terrorists are going to have their ways.”
“Great teachers should be rewarded.”
“Australia exports millions of tons of coal each year to Asian markets. These same countries are interested in Wyoming coal. I look forward to visiting and seeing a vibrant coal port to better understand the benefits and challenges associated with this method of export.”
“The sacrifice of the brave men and women of the military and their families allows us to be safe, and we are grateful.”
“As a continent, I think there are opportunities for Asia to accept imports of Wyoming coal.”
“We are proudly a gun state and respect the Second Amendment.”
“If you have the wind farms but no transmission, you just have things blowing in the wind.”
“The advancement of coal research will benefit Wyoming, its people, and the coal industry. I fully support it.”
“We need to recognize our agreements and disagreements with whomever is chosen as president, but we can't continue to just stall out in Washington just because it's not who I voted for. We have still an obligation and duty to challenge and to work through.”
“Coal is a big deal here in Wyoming.”
“We don't want to leave the coal in the ground, and that necessarily is going to involve better technology with regard to clean uses of coal.”
“At some point, if you don't take care of the roads today, it's like any other maintenance issue: you're going to end up paying a lot more down the road.”
“You have to recognize what the markets are doing, what the rules and regulations are doing, and all the more reasons that we've got to find some more solutions in particular with coal.”
“To shut off coal, or to say you can't have further coal development, I think is the wrong way to go.”
“We've got to make sure that we have the workers of tomorrow.”
“Governors, all things being equal, I'd rather have a governor in the White House than somebody that's not had that experience.”
“I've got an extreme bias toward governors... they know what it's like to make hard decisions. They know what it's like to actually balance a budget - have a budget, first of all, and have a balanced budget.”
“Science changes, and it's odd to me that scientists say, 'Never be skeptical,' because it was in the mid-'70s when they were saying we're sunk because we're going to have global climate cooling.”
“The president needs to make certain an absolutely thorough vetting system is in place that will not allow terrorists from Syria or any other part of the world into our country.”