Cathy McMorris Rodgers Quotes

Africa's mineral wealth is great; we should co-operate in its development.

I have often said China is not lacking in material resources. The question is whether we can make full and good use of them.

Canada has great natural resources, and its people have the spirit and ability to develop them.

The fact is the U.S. has enormous resource potential available to it.

When resources are degraded, we start competing for them, whether it is at the local level in Kenya, where we had tribal clashes over land and water, or at the global level, where we are fighting over water, oil, and minerals. So one way to promote peace is to promote sustainable management and equitable distribution of resources.

The federal government's role is to establish a process whereby industry can pitch a project, and Canadians can be reassured that this project is worth the risk. That's at the heart of governments granting permits and communities granting permission. People understand we do need economic growth. We do need natural resource projects.

In D.C., I've passed amendments to allocate $6.3 million to keep our waterways open for business, $1 million as a down payment on our wetland restoration - our natural storm protection - and $5 million to ensure that drilling permits are reviewed thoroughly and efficiently.

Romania is still very much underutilizing its natural and human potential.

For a Canadian, natural resources were a good fit.

I believe in just enriching the economy. And we're leaving so much on the table, 72 percent of the planet.

I believe Mexico should dedicate 100% of its oil revenues to developing human capital and technological development. None of us politicians should be able to touch that money.

Africa is where commodities are found, so it is vital that Glencore and other miners are there to develop those resources, helping Africa itself to grow at the same time.

Important reserves of natural resources, like petroleum and precious metals, are the bulwarks for laying the foundations for the future.

All of Africa's resources should be declared resources of the state and managed by the nation. Our experience in Bolivia shows that when you take control of natural resources for the people of the town and village, major world change is possible.

It is only through developing and maximizing all its natural resources that a sustainable future for Africa and its people can be secured.

Pollution and the exhaustion of natural resources depend and will depend in the future on the absolute level of total economic activity. This means that is necessary to restrain both the rate of growth of population and, at least in the developed countries, the rate of growth of consumption per head.

America's neighbors are not drilling for fun or for sport; they've chosen to proceed to create new jobs, generate new revenues, and increase the energy supply and prosperity of their citizens.

China is still the fastest growing economy in the world, but we need to learn how to use money in a better way, and it's about quality, not quantity.

What I said when Otter Creek came up is that we in Montana have a history of giving away our resources. We need to make sure Montana is getting its share.

Natural resources must be so distributed, by way of auction or otherwise, that they serve a larger public purpose.

Our diversity as a people united is also our potential to transform our large deposits of mineral resources and use same for national development.

New technology lets you grow the resource pie, which is the only way you can get out between that pincer of rising consumption (as we end poverty) and environmental and natural resource depletion.

Contrary to popular belief, we do not face a choice between economy and ecology, It is often said that protecting the environment would constrain or even undermine economic growth. In fact, the opposite is true: unless we protect resources and the earth's natural capital, we shall not be able to sustain economic growth.

capital cannot be more beneficially employed, then in strengthening and aiding the productive powers of nature.

By adopting the control strategy, the nation's environmental program has created a built-in antagonism between environmental quality and economic growth.