Jeff Bingaman: “Your efforts to pass this legislation have sidestepped the real issues of border security.”

He has demonstrated, on numerous occasions, his ability to find solutions to very difficult problems and to find solutions that could gain the support of Democrats, Republicans and Independents alike.

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

Second, we would want a person with demonstrated managerial abilities.

The President, in my view, could not have chosen a better nominee for the position than Mike.