Jeff Bingaman: “Thank you for the opportunity to submit this written testimony in support of S. 1774, the Rocky Mountain Front Heritage…”

I'm honored to be here with Senator Udall to strongly support the nomination of Mike Connor for the position of Deputy Secretary of the Department of the Interior.

The President, in my view, could not have chosen a better nominee for the position than Mike.

First we would want a person as Secretary of Energy who had a knowledge of science and engineering.

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.