Jeff Bingaman: “Thank you Chairman Bingaman and Ranking Member Murkowski for this opportunity to address the issue of water and climate…”

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

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

It's important that we have a person with substantial knowledge and many varied skills in order to succeed.

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