Jeff Bingaman: “I think this is a very useful hearing.”

I would like to announce for the information of the Senate and the public that a hearing has been scheduled before the Subcommittee on Water and Power of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. The hearing will be held on Wednesday…

He knows the crucial role that Congress plays in setting policy and in overseeing how that policy is carried out.

I think all of us, if we were choosing a Secretary of Energy, would want to choose somebody with those attributes.

We ought to be encouraging that. That should not be something that we just do for 3 years or 5 years.