Jeff Bingaman: “We will yield 5 minutes to the Senator from New York. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New York is recognized.”

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

earlier today, the Senate voted to grant permanent normal trade relations to Russia by a vote of 92 to 4, and I strongly supported that bill. To extend PNTR to Russia, we had to repeal an out-of-date policy that was adopted during the Cold…

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

I ask unanimous consent that the pending amendment be set aside and that I be permitted to call up amendment No. 3344 and ask for its immediate consideration. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk…