Jeff Bingaman: “the bill costs right at $600 million over a 5-year period, and the cost is fully offset in the legislation.”

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

I thank the managers of the bill, the chairman of the Appropriations Committee, and I call up amendment No. 3344. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the clerk will report. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator…

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

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.