Jeff Bingaman: “Decisions that may prove essential to our Nation's energy security and economic well being.”

Second, we would want a person with demonstrated managerial abilities.

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

I ask unanimous consent that further reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To provide for the approval of an agreement…

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