Jeff Bingaman: “We need to ensure that we have adequate liability coverage for offshore drilling.”

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

I thank my colleague Senator Leahy. Madam President, what is the pending business before the Senate now? Is it an amendment to this legislation? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Amendment No. 3371 is the pending business. Amendment No…

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

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