Jeff Bingaman: “I want to commend Senator Shaheen for her work on an oil spill response research and development measure.”

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

Second, we would want a person with demonstrated managerial abilities.

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.

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