Jeff Bingaman actually said...

This hearing is both timely and important, given the program's challenges to date and the possibility it may expand dramatically.

He indicated that the Department is going to do all it can to move ahead with a generation of green jobs.

The Bingaman RPS proposal would establish a national renewable energy floor but allow states to exceed that floor if they so choose.

This is not the sole solution to global--to climate change and to carbon, but it is a major component to it.