Jeff Bingaman: “The discovery of new science and the invention of new technologies is the major engine of economic growth in our time.”

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.

as Hurricane Sandy was bearing down on our own east coast, causing tremendous damage, a supertyphoon named Bopha was also striking the small Asian Pacific nation of Palau. The U.S. Embassy in Palau issued a declaration on December 5. In…

We fully support Chairman Bingaman's caution that any temporary storage facility must not become a permanent one.

It seems to me we have sort of three different issues, and maybe more than three.