Jeff Bingaman: “President Obama has made it clear from day one that what he wants to do is to have a comprehensive energy plan.”

I want to recognize the distinguished service of my friend Bruce Black, the Chief Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico. Bruce has chosen to leave the Federal bench at the end of this month. His decision to…

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

Repositories are the only technically, economically and morally viable solution.

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on December 19, 2012, at 10 a.m., in room SD-226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled ``The…