N.M. Senators Push For Increased Funding For Nuclear Waste Cleanup

In a letter to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, Sens. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) asked for more funding for New Mexico’s Water Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in Carlsbad and the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) “fence-to-fence” cleanup, ensuring that radioactive material is properly and safely disposed of. (0:54)

Andrea Salazar has the story. 

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Democrat Bingaman Confident That Senate Will Pass Reconciliation Bill

Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) says the Senate will pass the House's healthcare reconciliation bill within the week. (0:11)
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New Mexico Democrat Says 'Yes' To Health Care

Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) explains why he voted for health care reform, and what the legislation will do for his state and the country. (0:23)
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Sen. Domenici: “I have never been more frightened for America’s future”

Sen. Pete Domenici (R-N.M.) talks about the Energy Technologies Perspective 2008 report published by the International Energy Agency, saying that the best quote published was said by him. Domenici says that he has never been more frightened for America’s future than he is right now, and urges Congress to remove the ban on off shore drilling. The editorial says that the energy problem is so enormous that it requires bipartisan partnership and that Chairman Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) should be Domenici’s bipartisan twin. (1:10)
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Sen. Bingaman: United States’ failure to decrease fossil fuel dependence

Chairman Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) says that the U.S. should have been seriously pursuing development of low carbon energy technologies. He says that the U.S. has failed to sustain the support the was needed for many promising technologies that could have decreased the dependence on fossil fuels. (0:57)
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