Jeff Bingaman

The EISA 2007 provides for a de facto ban on the traditional incandescent light bulb.

It was agreed to be a good public policy to be able to raise the minimum standards for some of these products.

I strongly support his nomination. I'm delighted to welcome him here this morning.

I generally support the decisions that were made given our current fiscal situation.

The 2012 budget in a word is simply a freeze budget.

I strongly support the President's budget request for additional funding for these purposes including his request for increased fees from industry to fund inspections of offshore operations.

I also strongly support the proposed budget for Land and Water Conservation Fund which I have advocated be fully funded.

Thank you, Senator Bingaman for holding this hearing in New Mexico and for listening to us.

Thank you Senator Bingaman for the opportunity to testify before you on the natural gas outage that occurred here in New Mexico earlier this month during a period of some of the coldest weather in our State's recent history.

No man is an island. No state except Hawaii is either. Texas and New Mexico need to work together to improve regional reliability.

Energy Efficiency, the First Fuel of the 112th Congress.

The President's proposed an overall budget for the Federal Government that reflects his desire for fiscal restraint.

There can be no doubt about the seriousness of the competitive challenge that we face in energy.

I hope the Senate can fully fund many of the research and development initiatives proposed.

China's investing heavily in manufacturing and deploying wind, solar, and nuclear power plants.

The Department of Energy budget before the committee today represents a significant investment in our Nation's ability to compete in global clean energy markets.

I am pleased to join with my colleague and the Ranking Member of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Lisa Murkowski, in introducing legislation to strengthen the relationship between the United States and the Republic of…

I heartily recommend her, and I think the President should be complimented for an excellent choice.

I am pleased to have joined today with our fellow committee member, Senator Isakson, as well as with Senator Kohl, to reintroduce the Lifetime Income Disclosure Act.

We need to ensure that she has the benefit of full information.

I introduced that in the last Congress. We're going to try to introduce it again, but we'd like to get some cosponsors.

I wish all members would look at that. I think it's a very good proposal.

I think it's a very good bill. I hope we can get it passed in this Congress.

I would like to thank Chairman Harkin and Senator Enzi for convening this afternoon's hearing, to highlight how insights from behavioral economics can be applied to raise our Nation's retirement savings rate.

What our bill does is to say we should do the same things with 401(k) plans.