Jeff Bingaman: “Let me ask about this problem with the loss of competence on the part of kids during the summer break.”

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

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

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

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 To extend PNTR to Russia, we had to repeal an out-of-date policy that was adopted during the Cold…