Jeff Bingaman United States Senator from New Mexico

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman today talked about the health care reform bill being debated in the Senate.  Bingaman's remarks can be retrieved online and followed:

00:00 – Bingaman talks about the importance of passing health insurance reform legislation.

03:04 – Bingaman says he believed a provision in the health care reform bill that would expand Medicare to people as young as 55 will likely not make it into the final version of the bill. 

06:57 – Bingaman says he is optimistic that the Senate will pass a health care reform bill.

08:53 – Bingaman says health insurance reform legislation would benefit New Mexicans.

10:20 – Bingaman says the bill being debated before the Senate would help make health care more affordable for families and small businesses, and extend coverage to uninsured Americans.

13:43 – Bingaman says he has been assured by the Department of Homeland Security that New Mexico travelers planning to use a state-issued identification to travel after Dec. 31 will not encounter problems.

16:13 – Bingaman comments on the Fair Elections Now Act.

17:41 – Bingaman comments on calls to do more to protect consumer for credit card companies.