Jeff Bingaman: “I do think that this Centennial Challenge proposal has a lot of merit in concept.”

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

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

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

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.