Jeff Bingaman: “We want to continue this dialog and consider how we can help with financing of energy projects.”

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.

He has demonstrated, on numerous occasions, his ability to find solutions to very difficult problems and to find solutions that could gain the support of Democrats, Republicans and Independents alike.

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