Jeff Bingaman actually said...

"Hopefully now with a greater appreciation of distributed generation and the urgent need to bring clean energy alternatives online, we will be able to incorporate the policies we need in the comprehens..."

"I appreciate that this is a very tricky balance."

"We thought in the 2005 energy bill that we had dealt with this to a significant extent, but obviously, I think history has demonstrated that we did not do all that needed to be done."

"S. 967, which was introduced by Senator Bingaman on May 4, 2009, would direct the Secretary of Energy to develop a plan to include refined petroleum products in the SPR."