Jeff Bingaman: “I introduced that in the last Congress. We're going to try to introduce it again, but we'd like to get some cosponsors.”

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

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

I would certainly like to thank Senator Bingaman, who just retired just very recently, for the strong support that he has shown me over the years, and including support for this nomination.

I think there's an agreement that we need a permanent geologic repository.