Jeff Bingaman: “I strongly encourage the Committee in their wisdom to steer this legislation to assure that it facilitates the intended…”

He knows the crucial role that Congress plays in setting policy and in overseeing how that policy is carried out.

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

in 1981, in his first inaugural address, President Reagan said: Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. I came to the Senate 2 years later in 1983 with the firm belief that in most cases his statement was…

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.