Jeff Bingaman: “I see. So what is your reaction to that kind of proposal, Dr. Rogerson?”

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

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

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

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.