Jeff Bingaman: “I think the most important thing is our desire to get DOE's reputation back on track, with respect to large facilities.”

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.

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

I wouldn't be here without it.