Jeff Bingaman: “This legislation will put Americans back to work while laying the groundwork for a clean energy economy.”

It's important that we have a person with substantial knowledge and many varied skills in order to succeed.

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

He has demonstrated, on numerous occasions, his ability to find solutions to very difficult problems and to find solutions that could gain the support of Democrats, Republicans and Independents alike.

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