Jeff Bingaman actually said...

S. 796 adds regulatory uncertainty that will undermine U.S. competitiveness and threatens thousands of high-paying mining jobs.

Warning about job losses and economic impact from proposed mining legislation.

07/13/2009

More Jeff Bingaman Quotes

I do think the Federal Government's role can be to supply good information.

The water that is being used by agriculture in many cases is groundwater, and it is being depleted.

In our State, I believe I'm right, that by far the largest use of water is agriculture.

Utah and Nevada have a challenge over groundwater resources, as Senator Bingaman noted, that has not adequately addressed.