Jeff Bingaman United States Senator from New Mexico

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman today talked with New Mexico radio reports about a variety of issues, including a financial reform legislation currently being debated on the Senate floor and the accident in the Gulf of Mexico involving the offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon.  Bingaman's remarks can be retrieved and followed.

00:00 – Bingaman talks about financial regulatory reform legislation being debated in Congress.

01:10 – Bingaman says he will hold a hearing in the Energy and Natural Resources Committee next week to examine deepwater offshore exploration for petroleum and the accident in the Gulf of Mexico involving the offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon.

03:03 – Bingaman talks about how the Deepwater Horizon accident will impact future deepwater offshore exploration efforts.

06:09 – Bingaman talks about the need for immigration reform.

07:12 – Bingaman says he has in the past supported funding to make it possible for the New Mexico National Guard to assist Border Patrol in helping secure the New Mexico-Mexico border.

08:35 – Bingaman talks about how financial regulatory reform legislation will affect New Mexicans.

10:55 – Bingaman comments on the 2-year contract extension for Contractor Washington TRU Solutions LLC to continue to oversee management and operation of WIPP.