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Subject: [ecofem] Reuters: Senate Panel Backs Norton As Interior Chief
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> Wednesday January 24 1:56 PM ET
> Senate Panel Backs Norton As Interior Chief
>
> By Adam Entous
>
> WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
> backed Gale Norton as the next U.S. interior secretary on Wednesday,
clearing
> the way for her confirmation by the full Senate despite fierce opposition
from
> environmental groups.
>
> One of President George W. Bush's most controversial nominees, Norton
reached
> out to Democratic critics at her confirmation hearings, promising to act
as a
> ``compassionate conservationist,'' to enforce environmental laws and to
> preserve the nation's parks.
>
> Environmental groups and a few Democrats scoffed at Norton's assurances,
citing
> her record of opposition to the Endangered Species Act and her ties to
oil,
> natural gas and grazing interests.
>
> But in the end, the Energy Committee backed Bush's interior nominee by a
vote
> of 18-2, and Republicans and Democrats alike predicted that Norton would
be
> confirmed next week by the full Senate. ``I think it will be a large
vote'' in
> Norton's favor, Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle said.
>
> Bush spokesman Ari Fleischer praised Norton, telling reporters ``the
president
> believes she will make an outstanding secretary of the interior.''
>
> And Energy Committee Chairman Frank Murkowski lashed out at
environmentalists.
> ``I think these groups went overboard with their rancorous and misleading
> attacks on her, and they have truly hurt their credibility,'' said
Murkowski,
> an Alaska Republican.
>
> Democrats on the committee said they continued to have concerns about
Norton's
> record but would take the nominee at her word. ``Her actions as secretary
will
> ultimately speak louder than anything she has said,'' said Sen. Jeff
Bingaman
> of New Mexico, the committee's ranking Democrat.
>
> Democratic Sens. Ron Wyden of Oregon and Charles Schumer of New York stood
> alone in voting against Norton becoming the first woman to head the
Interior
> Department, responsible for managing nearly half a billion acres of
federal
> land and enforcing laws protecting threatened and endangered species.
>
> ``I strongly hope her record in office proves me wrong,'' Wyden said.
>
> A Watt Protege
>
> A former Libertarian, Norton, 46, began her career as a lawyer with the
> Mountain States Legal Foundation, a law firm headed by James Watt, a
> controversial interior secretary during the Reagan administration.
> Environmentalists reviled Watt for favoring opening of public lands for
> exploration.
>
> Norton was elected in 1990 as Colorado's first female attorney general
before
> term limits forced her from office in 1998.
>
> Environmental groups said they were crushed. In television, radio and
> newspaper advertisements, the Sierra Club and other organizations derided
> Norton as an ``anti-environmental extremist'' who would favor logging,
> grazing and mining interests over land conservation.
>
> Friends of the Earth President Brent Blackwelder staunchly opposed the
> nomination. ``Gale Norton is a wolf in sheep's clothing, and she pulled
the
> wool over the eyes of most of the Democrats on the committee,'' he said.
>
>
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