Jeff Bingaman actually said...

"This is not the first Clean Energy Standard to be proposed."

"Senator Bingaman's CES proposal embodies a number of design features, including the following, that are innovative and reasonably balance the multiple objectives I described earlier."

"Do you have any suggestions for improvements to the design of the proposed CES that would help in this regard?"

"the CES does not impinge on the role of the voluntary markets for clean, renewable energy."