Jeff Bingaman: “I'd like to thank my colleague, Senator Tom Udall, who has joined me in sponsoring this bill.”

We fully support Chairman Bingaman's caution that any temporary storage facility must not become a permanent one.

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on December 19, 2012. The PRESIDING OFFICER. With objection, it is so ordered. Committee on Finance

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

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs' Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on December 19, 2012, at 10 a.m., to…