Jeff Bingaman actually said...

"Thank you Senator Bingaman for the opportunity to testify before you on the natural gas outage that occurred here in New Mexico earlier this month during a period of some of the coldest weather in our..."

"Thank you, Senator Bingaman for holding this hearing in New Mexico and for listening to us."

"No man is an island. No state except Hawaii is either. Texas and New Mexico need to work together to improve regional reliability."

"There can be no doubt about the seriousness of the competitive challenge that we face in energy."