Jeff Bingaman: “I think she is an extremely good choice by the President, and this is emblematic of the choices he has been making…”

First we would want a person as Secretary of Energy who had a knowledge of science and engineering.

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

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.

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.