Jeff Bingaman: “The President has recognized the need for nuclear power as part of a comprehensive energy, environment and employment…”

Second, we would want a person with demonstrated managerial abilities.

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

In December 2010 U.S. Senators Tom Udall, Tom Harkin, and Jeff Bingaman requested an independent study from the National Academy of Sciences on whether chimpanzees are necessary as invasive research subjects.

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