Tom Udall: “now we have seen demonstrated, I think dramatically, what the process is here. We tried to move on a bipartisan basis…”

“now we have seen demonstrated, I think dramatically, what the process is here. We tried to move on a bipartisan basis for the EEOC to put Democrats and Republicans in that important government agency, an agency that focuses on discrimination. If the people are not in place, it cannot move forward with that very important goal. Our friend on the other side of the aisle, Senator Coburn, has objected to putting Democrats and Republicans in that agency so it can move forward. I am going to try to move forward, also in a bipartisan way, on the Tennessee Valley Authority. Many people may not know, but in the Tennessee Valley, the power is provided by an agency called the Tennessee Valley Authority. Everybody knows how important power is to the economy. When we look around the world, we see communities being stifled because they have blackouts and brownouts and they don't have the available power. The Tennessee Valley Authority has a number of members who need to be appointed to the board of directors. We are moving today--both Democrats and Republicans--to try to bring home the point that we need to get this board of governors in place.”