Jeff Bingaman: “We can do just that through a home retrofit program like the one the President called for in his State of the Union.”

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

The President, in my view, could not have chosen a better nominee for the position than Mike.

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

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.