I know that the argument is made now that we've got to go back to the previous level of the payroll tax in order to fund the Social Security Trust Fund, but there are bound to be alternative ways to put funds into the Social Security Trust Fund.
Bingaman suggests alternative funding methods for Social Security instead of raising payroll taxes.
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First we would want a person as Secretary of Energy who had a knowledge of science and engineering.
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.
It's important that we have a person with substantial knowledge and many varied skills in order to succeed.
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