Jeff Bingaman United States Senator from New Mexico

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman today attended President Barack Obama's address to Congress on the need for health insurance reform.  Following the speech, Bingaman released the following statement:

"I believe the president did a very good job explaining many of the problems with our current health care system, particularly how those problems affect average Americans' ability to access a good health care plan at a reasonable cost.

"In his speech, the president also laid out a good case for reforming the system and he laid out the key elements of what reform should contain.

"Enacting reform legislation is extremely important for us in New Mexico.  Our state suffers from growing health care costs and from many people not being able to afford coverage.  The health insurance reform legislation we're working on would help us deal with those problems very directly."

Bingaman is a member of the two Senate committees with jurisdiction over writing health insurance reform legislation.

You can listen to Bingaman's audio or watch the video online.