Jeff Bingaman: “The administration consistently sends up proposals that are about a half or less of what we had agreed.”

Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) requested agency information on the amount of EAJA fees paid out by the U.S. Forest Service from 1999 through 2005.

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on December 19, 2012, at 8:30 a.m., to hold a briefing entitled, ``Accountability Review Board''. The PRESIDING OFFICER…

He knows the crucial role that Congress plays in setting policy and in overseeing how that policy is carried out.

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