Jeff Bingaman: “We recommend that all of these bills be grouped together and reported out of Committee on a bipartisan basis.”

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

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…

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 there's an agreement that we need a permanent geologic repository.