Jeff Bingaman: “I think it is critical that everyone understands that blowout preventer systems as designed today will never be able to…”

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

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.

I'm honored to be here with Senator Udall to strongly support the nomination of Mike Connor for the position of Deputy Secretary of the Department of the Interior.

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