. >> you heard senator bingaman saying that this happens a lot for incumbents. that is a little bit of an open secret. no one disliked this project. they do not want to have to take it up now. >> what are the chances of an energy bill and agenda over the next year? >> not much. there is a difference between the house energy committee. a lot of oversight of the obama administration. it is difficult to get 60 votes on anything. on anything. there

welcome you to the united states. [ applause ] >>> this weekend on c-span's newsmakers, senator jeff bingaman from the natural resources committee he'll answer questions about the energy and environmental policy. you can watch newsmakers sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern. >> when i first started the book, i thought, this must be an american story. this is about a country that worships the religion of self-reliance and individualism. this is a legacy of thorough and emerson. it turns out we're laggards when it comes to living alone, much more common in european nations, especially scandinavia, even more common in japan. >>> afterwards on going solo, he looks at the growing trend of american adults choosing to live alone and what that means for the country saturday night at 10:00 eastern. also this weekend on book tv sunday at 3:00, the second cousin of former secretary of state condoleezza rice, connie rice, on her work to reduce gang violence in l.a. and starting a dialogue between gang leaders and police. and at 8:15 georgetown university bonnie morris on her one-woman play and book

. >> jeff bingaman, a democrat of new mexico. two reporters to help us. publishing and darren sameulson. he is with politico pro. alana, go ahead with your first question. >> a topic that you considered holding a hearing on as the solyndra scandal was becoming a political football. are you now considering a more public investigation into the program? >> there have been a lot of investigations. i do not know if it would be appropriate for our committee to try to do another investigation. we want to know what the new report says and what conclusions have been reached and what actions demonstration is going to take. we have secretary chu testifying on his new budget proposal for the department of energy on thursday. we need to figure out what additional steps we might take. there has been a lot of politics and not a whole lot of new substantive in sight -- insight in the coverage so far. everyone wants the loan guarantee program to work in the right way. we do not want to waste taxpayer money. as far as i can tell, you have professional people making judgmen

i want to begin by thanking senator bingaman for his years of leadership. it's a privilege to work you and i look forward to continue to work with you this year. to promote economic growth and strengthen national security president obama has called for an all of the above strategy that develops every source of american energy. the president wants to fuel our economy with domestic resources, while increasing our ability to compete in the clean energy race. although the united states has reclaimed the title of world leader in clean energy investments, we're at risk of falling behind between unless we support our domestic clean energy economy. onour country faces a stark choice. we can create jobs making and exporting the energy technologies of tomorrow or we concede leadership to other countries that are investing in these industries. as president obama said, passing a clean energy standard is a vital step that congress can take to broaden our clean energy market. making the most of the america's energy resources is a pillar of the president's economic bluepr

senator jeff bingaman. he'll ask questions about the energy and natural resources committee. you can watch that at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern, sunday. >>> now for a look at the situation in syria and global oil supply. he is secretary of state for the middle east and south asia, and he spoke and took questions recently in houston. >> it is a great pleasure to be here. my connections and my fondness for the united states goes way back. in 1964, i was nine years old and just beginning to have a consciousness of what politics was all about. some of you may remember a satellite called telstar, and telstar was the first method we had of receiving live pictures from each other across the atlantic. in 1964, some of you gentlemen will remember, none of you ladies in the room, of course, are old enough to remember 1964, but some of you gentlemen will remember it was a presidential year, so conventions were in full swing. and for a small boy in england watching live, flickering pictures of party conventions where there were balloons, there were hats, there were streamers and grow

you know, senators bingaman and murkowski are in favor of a loan program, but in addition to that there are other things we can do to which can actually again just help guide those investment choices. mostly what we want to do in my opinion what we'd like to do is guide the investment choices that could really stimulate high-technology manufacturing in the united states. that's no reason why we cannot be competitive with any country in the world. germany is competitive in high-tech manufacturing and i believe they have higher labor costs than we do and we're at least as innovative and inventive as any country in the world. i would say more so. >> but my only response would be that the market makes a better decision making process based on the record and it's not the taxpayers' money that's at stake, but i think that's the way it ought to be. secondly, the historical comparison made might not work now because we weren't drowning in debt when they were made. today we're drowning in debt and we can't keep going. having headlines that half a billion dollars are lost to the taxpayer. my time

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>>> this weekend on c-span's nukz maker, senator jeff bingaman will answer questions from reporters about the agenda in congress for energy and environmental policy. you can watch news makers on sunday on c-span at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern. >>> c-span's washington classroom is a partnership with the washington center and george mason university. this week we look at the tea party movement. >> to the students at the washington center here in washington, d.c. and across the potomac at george mason university in fairfax, virginia, we want to welcome the students. we also want to welcome to the george mason campus peter mara of cbs news. he's covered the white house since the reagan administration and here in our studios a professor at harvard. thank you for being with us. let's dig into the book, and one of the points i want to highlight as we focus the on the tea party, it's role in the 2012 campaign and the president's own re-election effort. you write in the book that the tea party p in all of its manifestations has pulled want the republican party sharply toward the right and shi

bingaman: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from new mexico. mr. bingaman: madam president, i wanted to talk about another subject, and that is the five of the executive branch nominations pending before the senate today. just to put this in context, every day when the senate is in session, one of the documents that is put on every desk here in the senate chamber is what's called the executive calendar. and the executive calendar is a listing of all of the nominations that have been reported by the various committees of the senate for consideration by the full senate. and these are of course nominations that the president has made and asked the senate to agree with. so there is usually a list of these executive nominations. i've become particularly concerned in recent weeks that this list has grown and grown and grown. and in fact, there are now 79 appointments that the president has made, nominations that the president has made that have been approved by the various committees of the senate but have not been brought up and voted on here in the sen

senators coburn, beau, and bingaman.d whether her husband's ipo was a conflict of interest since credit card legislation was making its way through congress. >> i don't know what your point is of your question. is there some point you want to make with that? >> i think she's gotten the point by now. also working on a pelosi provision. what's the latest on this? >> this is really a tale of two bills. the senate has already moved its bill. now the house is expected to vote tomorrow on a bill tomorrow called the stock act. look at what the senate passed. i'm going to walk you through differences here. the devil is in the details. in the senate's version it prohibits members of congress to use inside information for personal gain. there's a fannie and freddie block for executives from receiving bonuses. in the house version, they have most of that and a little bit more. they also include a provision that would prevent members of congress who've been convicted of things from collecting taxpayer pensions. they would also inclu

the only senators to vote no were senator jeff bingaman, senator richard burr and senator tom coburn. officials are telling consumers throw away any raw milk from the family cow farm in chambersburg, p.a. they've seen growing demand because of concerns in hormones or traditional dairy products. >> back to that breaking news from egypt where two american women kidnapped earlier today have just been released. nbc's eamon modin has the latest from cairo. eamon. >> reporter: good morning, thomas. two american tourists have been released after being kidnapped on friday morning according to security officials. there was a group of tourists. it was there that armed bedouins intercepted this group of americans. two were kidnapped. they began intense negotiations with the local bedouin tribes to try to secure their release. we don't believe it was politically motivated for any reason. so we understand that they have now been released. all of this coming against the backup of a lot of political upheaval in the country for a third day in a row. protesters are clashing with security forces in cai

on newsmakers, he mexico senator jeff bingaman discusses whether a divided congress can tackle energy.m. eastern. >> just so i remember, here is the wonderful moment when the senator lott revealed his install just four states right segregationist south. take a look. >> when strom said -- >> josh marshall on the internet and his websites the emergence into the breaking news business. >> the ecosystem is such a different world today than it was 10 years ago. i think things like that happen all of the time now. i know there is certainly many big stories that they have had over the last decade. now more and more we have an editorial staff of more than breaking -- 20 people breaking stories right and left. it has become almost commonplace. it is not nearly as rising today as it was back then. he talks more about t p.m. and a josh marshall on c-span is "q &a." >> this is a country that worships self-reliance and individualism. it turns out we are laggers when it comes to going along. that is much more common in the european nations. it is even more common in japan. >> afterwards on "going s

. >> on "newsmakers," senator jeff bingaman. he also talks a lot a clean energy standard and negotiations to advance green energy credits using the payroll tax-cut bill. "newsmakers" today at 6:00 p.m. on c-span. >> here is that wonderful moment when the senator revealed his nostalgia for the states' rights segregation in the south. take a look. >> when he ran for president, we voted for him. we are proud of him. >> talking points -- the immediate ecosystem is such a different world today than it was 10 years ago. i think things like that happen all the time now. i know there are certainly many big stories that were had over the last decade. now we have an editorial staff of 20 people. we are breaking stories right and left. it has almost become commonplace. it is not nearly as surprising today as it was back then. >> more about josh marshall tonight at 8:00 p.m. on c-span's "q&a." >> a hearing focused on cyber security threats to the u.s. and the role of private sector and the federal government. they heard from several interne

senator bingaman fall asked them why they did not open the supreme court proceedings to -- senator blumenthal asked them why they did not open the supreme court proceedings. so many cell phones are equipped with video cameras you have youtube. ubiquitous of the internet, everything is a available to be viewed. it is time for the supreme court to open itself to the american people, not just those members of the supreme court bar and those reserved for the hearing room. public officials' decisions largely affect the lives of americans. they do book tours where they make money. some even attend fund-raisers. i do not know how anybody who voted in the name of the first amendment can allow unlimited but attack ads by super packs should not be accessible to the american people. four days ago, more than 11 million americans watched the super bowl. no one would have tolerated having that game recorded and broadcast days later. or the place being transcribed and released at the end of the week. -- or plays being transcribed and released at the end of the week. we can all either result or suffer togeth

the senate damplet i thank my colleagues on the committee for their support, particularly chairman bingaman and ranking member murkowski and the chairman of the national park subcommittee, senator udall of colorado. the establishment of the harriet tubman historical park has been years in the making and is long overdue. the mission of the national park service has evolved over time from preserving our natural wonders across the united states for recreational purposes to commemorating unique places of significance to historical events and extraordinary americans that have shaped our nation. the woman who is known to us as harriet tubman was born in approximately 1822 in dorchester county, maryland, and given the name armenia mini ross. she spent many years in slavery. she worked on a number of different plantations on maryland's eastern shore and as a teenager was trained to be a seamstress. as an adult, she took the first name harriet and when she was 25 years old maryland john tubman. in her late 20's, she escaped from slavery in 1849. she fled in the dead of night, and a half debating the