Jeff Bingaman United States Senator from New Mexico

WASHINGTON –U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman today talked with New Mexico radio about health care reform legislation currently being debated in the Senate and about President Obama’s address to Congress tomorrow.  You can follow Bingaman’s remarks using the following transcript:   

00:00 – Bingaman talks about health care reform legislation being written in the Senate.

00:58 – Bingaman says he continues to support a public option as part of health care reform legislation.

02:48 – Bingaman says the health care reform proposal being discussed in the Finance Committee does seek to establish insurance cooperatives in lieu of a public option.

03:26 – Bingaman talks about using the “reconciliation” process in the Senate to help get health care reform legislation approved.

5:50 – Bingaman says that meeting with constituents last month has reinforced his believe that health care reform is needed in this country.

08:34 - Bingaman talks about the differences between the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee’s bill and the one being discussed in the Senate Finance Committee.

13:09 - Bingaman talks about some of the common misunderstanding of health care reform legislation