Jeff Bingaman: “I've got, sort of, 4 basic ideas, I think, that guide my efforts at the Energy Information Administration.”

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

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

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.

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