Jeff Bingaman United States Senator from New Mexico

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman today talked to New Mexico radio reporters about a variety of issues during his weekly radio news conference.  You can retrieve Bingaman’s remarks and follow the discussion:

00:00 – Bingaman says there is a push in the Senate to deal with the issue of excessive bonuses by companies receiving taxpayer funds from the Troubled Assets Relief program (TARP). 

03:12 – Bingaman comments on a New Mexico state legislature resolution pressing for a national renewable energy administration.

05:13 – Bingaman talks about AIG.

12:27 – Bingaman comments on a bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives that would limit antibiotic use in livestock feed.

14:10 – Bingaman talks about the Omnibus Public Lands bill that passed the Senate last week.

17:12 - Bingaman says he is currently working on a comprehensive energy bill.

19:45 - Bingaman talks about the drug violence along the U.S.-Mexico border.

22:18 – Bingaman talks about the president’s new strategy for Afghanistan.