Jeff Bingaman United States Senator from New Mexico

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman this week talked to New Mexico reporters on variety of other topics, including two Energy Committee hearings this week he will be chairing. Bingaman’s remarks can be retrieved by going to his website or clicking on the link to the right:

00:00 – Bingaman talks about what’s going on in the Senate this week.

03:22 – Bingaman talks about provisions in the 2005 energy bill that aimed to expand oil refining capacity in the United States.

06:06 – Bingaman talks about a bill he is cosponsoring that aims to make oil trading markets more transparent.

08:48 – Bingaman talks about the Renewable Energy and Job Creations Act of 2008 that is currently before the Senate.

13:08 – Bingaman talks about what can be done to encourage other countries to conserve fuel.

14:28 – Bingaman talks about the Senate Finance Committee’s meeting this week to consider a bill relating to sanctions against Iran.

15:48 – Bingaman talks about the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).

17:05 – Bingaman talks about the Merida Initiative.

19:00 – Bingaman talks about the Supreme Court’s decision this week on the rights of prisoners who are detained at Guantanamo Bay.