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 the retirement of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stevens.  Bingaman's remarks can be retrieved and followed:  

00:00 – Bingaman talks about the Senate's priorities over the next couple of weeks.

01:41 – Bingaman comments on the U.S. Supreme Court's impending vacancy with the retirement of Justice Stevens.

04:00 – Bingaman comments on reports of China's advancement in the area of wind energy technology and what the U.S. should do to stay competitive in the field.

06:56 – Bingaman comments on the nomination process to fill a U.S. Supreme Court vacancy.

10:28 – Bingaman talks about legislation to prevent cuts in payments to physicians serving Medicare patients.

12:58 – Bingaman talks about recent violence along the U.S.-Mexico border and what that could mean for the future of immigration reform.

16:41 – Bingaman talks about what the federal government is doing to address violence along the border.

19:40 – Bingaman talks about funding in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to help New Mexico defray the costs of Medicaid.

24:17 – Bingaman talks about how violence on the border affects the future of immigration reform legislation.

26:18 – Bingaman comments on financial regulatory reform legislation that has been introduces in the Senate.