Jeff Bingaman: “I think we must be cautious when we oppose renewable energy projects on Federal lands by proposing more wilderness areas…”

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.

I think all of us, if we were choosing a Secretary of Energy, would want to choose somebody with those attributes.

I would certainly like to thank Senator Bingaman, who just retired just very recently, for the strong support that he has shown me over the years, and including support for this nomination.