Jeff Bingaman United States Senator from New Mexico

U.S. SENATOR Jeff Bingaman

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Contact Senator Bingaman's Office:

Jude McCartin
Maria Najera
703 Hart Building
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-5521

Bingaman Talks to New Mexico Radio Reporters About Bill to Reform Offshore Drilling, Strengthen Safety Requirements

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman today talked with New Mexico radio reports about a bill that was approved today by the Energy Committee to reform drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf and to reform the Minerals Management Service.  Bingaman's remarks can be retrieved and followed:

00:00 – Bingaman talks about legislation that was approved by the Energy Committee today to reform drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf.

04:14 – Bingaman talks about legislation he introduced to allow New Mexico to spend federal funds to cleanup abandoned uranium mines.

05:35 – Bingaman talks about climate change legislation being debated in the Senate.

09:14 – Bingaman talks about provisions in the Outer Continental Shelf Management Reform Act to restructure the Minerals Management Service to prevent conflicts of interests between its revenue-raising missions and its planning, permitting and regulatory missions.

10:46 – Bingaman talks about ongoing efforts to address the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.