Jeff Bingaman: “I thank my colleague Senator Leahy. Madam President, what is the pending business before the Senate now? Is it an…”

let me thank my colleague, Senator Udall, for his overly generous comments and indicate that 30 or 40 years from now when he retires from the Senate, I will be glad to make similar comments about his service. I could make similar comments…

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

In December 2010 U.S. Senators Tom Udall, Tom Harkin, and Jeff Bingaman requested an independent study from the National Academy of Sciences on whether chimpanzees are necessary as invasive research subjects.

Second, we would want a person with demonstrated managerial abilities.