Editor’s Note: The following is the text of Senator Maria Cantwell’s speech on behalf of Interior nominee Sally Jewell, delivered on the floor of the United States Senate earlier today. (Jewell was confirmed by a vote of 87–11). Video of the speech is available on YouTube. Our thanks to Senator Cantwell for sharing her remarks […]
Daily Archives: April 10th, 2013
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U.S. Senate confirms Sally Jewell as America’s next Secretary of the Interior in 87–11 vote
Good news out of our nation’s capital for a change: The United States Senate, by a vote of eighty-seven to eleven, has voted to confirm Washington’s own Sally Jewell as America’s next Secretary of the Interior. Jewell, a longtime Evergreen State business leader, is the outgoing chief executive officer of Recreational Equipment Incorporated, better known […]