Jeff Bingaman: “So, we will have a balanced approach to the development of our natural resources.”

We believe the bill that Senator Bingaman has prepared represents a very useful starting point for an important discussion.

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

We fully support Chairman Bingaman's caution that any temporary storage facility must not become a permanent one.

I thank the managers of the bill, the chairman of the Appropriations Committee, and I call up amendment No. 3344. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the clerk will report. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator…