Jeff Bingaman: “I believe we have this week and we have next week. There is no more important activity we can commit that time to than…”

“I believe we have this week and we have next week. There is no more important activity we can commit that time to than completing action on this bill. I think the momentum for moving ahead on the bill will be lost if we don't get it done before we break for the Fourth of July recess. Clearly, the notion of giving up on this and moving to another piece of legislation--I don't know of any other piece of legislation that is so urgent or so important that it would justify going off of this bill. I am not aware of anything on the Senate's schedule that would justify that action.”