Senator Bingaman - Reacting to Offshore Drilling

Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico has been in the United States Senate for 28 years. He was in the News New Mexico studio earlier this week before flying back to Washington again. Yesterday he introduced legislation in reaction to the gulf oil spill in Washington D.C. The legislation is designed to give more power to the U.S. Department of Interior. There are no provision in the legislation to address the long range energy planning needs of the U.S. Read the details of Senator Bingaman's proposal here:

Senator Bingaman - Reacting to Offshore Drilling