Jeff Bingaman United States Senator from New Mexico

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman today joined a bipartisan group of Senators at the White House for discussion with President Obama on energy and climate change.

Bingaman, who chairs the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, is the author of energy legislation aimed at shifting the country to a low-carbon economy.  That bill (S. 1462) has cleared the Energy Committee and awaits full Senate action.

"We had a very good discussion about the way forward on energy and climate change policy.  The president reiterated his desire to work with Congress to enact legislation to deal with these important issues," Bingaman said.