Jeff Bingaman United States Senator from New Mexico

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman today talked to New Mexico radio reporters and answered questions on a variety of other topics. Bingaman’s remarks can be retrieved by going to his website or clicking on the following link:

http://bingaman.senate.gov/mediafiles/bingaman060308m.mp3

00:00 – Bingaman comments on New Mexico’s primary election.

01:42 – Bingaman comments on the Michigan-Florida delegate count compromise.

03:40 – Bingaman says he doesn’t expect Congress to pass any energy legislation this year that will affect New Mexico’s oil and gas industry.

05:26 – Bingaman talks about a Finance Committee hearing he took part in that examined the rise in health care costs and an Energy Committee hearing he chaired on off-road vehicles on public lands.

07:50 – Bingaman talks about some of the concerns regarding the farm bill and why he voted to override the president’s veto.