Jeff Bingaman: “I'm pleased that the budget includes increased funding for renewable energy development on public lands.”

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'm honored to be here with Senator Udall to strongly support the nomination of Mike Connor for the position of Deputy Secretary of the Department of the Interior.

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

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