Jeff Bingaman

The Bingaman RPS proposal would establish a national renewable energy floor but allow states to exceed that floor if they so choose.

Marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy is defined in the Tax Code, 26 U.S.C. Sec. 45.

FFP applauds the Committee for advancing the discussion of a national RES, which FFP wholeheartedly supports.

This will lead to greater amounts of renewable energy than if the Bingaman proposal preempted state opportunities to promote renewable energy.

A Federal RPS proposal, such as that proposed by Senator Bingaman, could easily increase rates in the Southeast by 5 to 6%.

I'm here, obviously perhaps, to urge the support and the passage of a national RPS.

This is, in my view, a national security imperative, that we find ways, and start planning for that time in the future.

The RPS has been estimated to create, if passed in its current form as proposed, 185,000 new jobs, $66 billion in new investment.

The renewable standard can reduce our dependence on fossil fuel sources, can reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and other pollutants.

It's time that we finally pass this provision in both houses and include it in legislation that we send to the President.

I commend you for this important legislation.

This is not the sole solution to global--to climate change and to carbon, but it is a major component to it.

Well obviously at least it strikes me at first impression that we ought to be requiring that they do measure those types of issues.

We ought to be requiring that they do adopt these best practices where there's general agreement that these are best practices.

ACLI thanks Senators Kohl, Bingaman and Isakson for their bi-partisan sponsorship of S. 2832, the Lifetime Income Disclosure Act.

I concur in the statements made by the Senator from Colorado and thank him for working carefully with me and my staff to resolve these issues in a way that will ensure protection of park resources and provide for the continued operation of…

The vote will culminate years of work on more than 160 bills that are included in this package and represents a major achievement for the protection of our Nation's natural, cultural, and historic resources. Taken collectively, I believe…

This legislation contains over 160 separate public land and related bills, with roughly an equal number of provisions sponsored by Democratic and Republican Senators. Apart from the bipartisan makeup of the package, almost all of these…

For far too long, the Native American communities... have been left far behind.

So, we will have a balanced approach to the development of our natural resources.

In my view, President-elect Obama could not have chosen a better nominee.

I'm sorry that we are losing Senator Salazar as a member of this committee and a member of the Senate, but I'm delighted by his nomination.

The water challenges of America are important to all of us.

I hear good things about you. I think you are on a road to a successful confirmation.

Dr. Chu's nomination comes at a pivotal time in the Department's history.