Jeff Bingaman United States Senator from New Mexico

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman today talked with New Mexico radio reporters about a bill to transfer the management of the Valles Caldera National Preserve to the National Park Service.  Bingaman's remarks can be retrieved and followed:

00:00 – Bingaman talks about a hearing in the Energy Committee on a bill to transfer the management of the Valles Caldera National Preserve to the National Park Service.

01:16 – Bingaman comments on President Obama's proposal to expand offshore oil and gas exploration.

04:03 – Bingaman talks about two bills he introduced last week: S. 916, the Oil and Gas Facilitation Act of 2011, and S. 917, the Outer Continental Shelf Reform Act of 2011.

05:42 – Bingaman talks about Congressional proposals to end certain tax breaks for some oil and gas companies.

07:31 – Bingaman says he continues to support funding for WIPP.

08:20 - Bingaman talks about hearings he is holding this week in the Energy and Natural Resources Committee.

10:32 - Bingaman talks about how legislation he introduced would benefit the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement ability to manage offshore drilling.

12:54 - Bingaman talks about the DREAM Act, which he is cosponsoring