Jeff Bingaman: “I trust that the Committee will consider the need for an alternative land protection designation.”

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

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

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.