Jeff Bingaman United States Senator from New Mexico

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman today met with Judge Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama’s nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court.  The two met for about 15 minutes in the U.S. Capitol. 

“I was very impressed with Judge Sotomayor,” Bingaman said.  “She is clearly well qualified and I think she’d be a great addition to the Supreme Court.”

Bingaman noted that Sotomayor was nominated by President George H.W. Bush to a federal district court, and was later elevated to the U.S. court of appeals by President Bill Clinton. 

Hearings in the Senate Judiciary Committee for Sotomayor begin in mid-July.  Bingaman is not a member of that committee.