I always am a firm believer in you compensate people for their job, and so I did give them bonuses. We accomplished a lot in Congress, we passed health care reform. There were threats against their lives; they had a tough two years. They'd forgone any cost-of-living increase or any bonus before.

Salazar was considered for the post of Secretary of Agriculture by Barack Obama but Tom Vilsack was chosen instead. House of Representatives


Committee assignments
Committee on Appropriations
Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
Subcommittee on Military Construction Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies

Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming


Political positions
Salazar is concerned with water rights in particular. They live in Manassa Colorado.

John Tony Salazar (born July 21 1953) is the former Congressman for Colorado's 3rd congressional district serving from 2005 until 2011. Following his service in Congress he was appointed as Commissioner of the Colorado Department of Agriculture in the Cabinet of Governor John Hickenlooper in 2011.