Jeff Bingaman United States Senator from New Mexico

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman today talked to New Mexico radio reporters his legislation that would help address the country’s high school dropout crisis. Bingaman also answered questions on a variety of other topics. Listen to the remarks.

00:00 – Bingaman talks about legislation he wrote to help address the country’s high school dropout crisis.

03:11 – Bingaman talks about New Mexico First, an organization he cofounded with Senator Pete Domenici.

04:23 – Bingaman talks about his request to the NNSA that they extend the public comment period for proposed changes at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

06:18 – Bingaman talks about an energy bill that was signed into law in December that calls for additional production of biodiesel and other biofuels.

07:45 – Bingaman says that while uranium mining is safer today than it was in the past, there are still many concerns regarding the process.

09:05 – Bingaman talks about a bill currently being debated on the Senate floor that aims to help with the housing crisis.