Jeff Bingaman: “We would encourage you to take a look at a bill that Senator Menendez and Senator Enzi have.”

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

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.

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

He knows the crucial role that Congress plays in setting policy and in overseeing how that policy is carried out.