Jeff Bingaman: “This is not the first Clean Energy Standard to be proposed.”

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

I ask unanimous consent that the pending amendment be set aside and that I be permitted to call up amendment No. 3344 and ask for its immediate consideration. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk…

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

He has demonstrated, on numerous occasions, his ability to find solutions to very difficult problems and to find solutions that could gain the support of Democrats, Republicans and Independents alike.