Jeff Bingaman United States Senator from New Mexico

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman today talked to New Mexico radio reporters about a bill he introduced on forest restoration. Bingaman’s remarks can be retrieved by going to his website or clicking on link to the right:

00:00 – Bingaman talks about the legislation he has introduced aimed at undertaking large-scale national forest restoration projects. 

02:30 – Bingaman talks about a Finance Committee meeting with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on the country’s mortgage crisis. 

03:53 – Bingaman talks about some of his major concerns with the president’s FY2009 budget proposal. 

07:02 – Bingaman comments on the president’s proposed budget for the Department of Defense. 

08:33 – Bingaman says he is disappointed that the Senate passed Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) contains a provision providing immunity from civil liability to telecommunications companies that cooperated with a government eavesdropping program, 

10:15 – Bingaman talks about his annual Student Leadership Institutes that will be held in Las Cruces and Roswell next week. 

12:50 – Bingaman says talks about the economic stimulus package that passed Congress and has been sent the president to be signed into law. 

15:35 – Bingaman comments on the 2008 presidential elections.