Jeff Bingaman actually said...

"the request of the Senator Jeff Bingaman, chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources."

"I had concerns that the publicly available budgets and meeting minutes for each of the programs suggested that consumer education was consuming a disproportionate share of program resources."

"The hearing today is to discuss the Propane Education and Research Council, known as PERC, and the National Oilheat Research Alliance, known as NORA."

"Thank you very much."