Jeff Bingaman: “As the chairman knows, strong math and science education is critical if we, as a nation, are going to continue to have a…”

Second, we would want a person with demonstrated managerial abilities.

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.

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.