Jeff Bingaman United States Senator from New Mexico

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman this week talked with New Mexico radio reporters about the an amendment he hopes to offer to the fiscal year 2009 Defense Authorization bill that compensates survivors of the Bataan Death March. Bingaman's remarks can be retrieved by clicking on the following link:

00:00– Bingaman talks about an amendment he will offer to the Defense Authorization bill that would compensate surviving WWII veterans that were capture and help as prisoners of war in Japan.

03:55 –Bingaman talks about Energy legislation being considered in the Senate.

06:25– Bingaman talks about a letter the New Mexico Delegation sent to USDA urging them to expedite an approval of New Mexico's application for "split-state" status for bovine tuberculosis (TB).

08:56 –Bingaman talks about an Energy Committee hearing today on electric vehicles.

11:38– Bingaman talks about legislation he is pushing that would extend tax incentives needed to encourage renewable energy development.

12:32 –Bingaman talks about funding in a fiscal year 2009 spending bill that would benefit the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Artesia.

14:40 –Bingaman talks about some of the offshore drilling proposals being discussed in Congress.

18:12 –Bingaman talks about the politics of offshore drilling.