Jeff Bingaman: “We need to move forward with getting ourselves out of the great dependence that we have on foreign oil.”

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

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

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

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.