Jeff Bingaman: “I do think that I am willing to defer to his judgment as to whether this is the right bill to add this amendment on, but…”

“I do think that I am willing to defer to his judgment as to whether this is the right bill to add this amendment on, but clearly it is an amendment that I feel strongly about. We do need to be sure that there will be an opportunity soon for us to offer the amendment to a bill which is likely to be signed into law by the President while this money is still available to be authorized. So I appreciate the chairman's statement that he will work with us to find such a vehicle, and I look forward to working with him to be sure that we can get this problem addressed and get this authorization accomplished.”