Senate Proceeding on Jun 10th, 2009 :: 0:39:45 to 0:43:24
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Speech By: Jeff Bingaman

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Jeff Bingaman: or delay care. the presiding officer: the senator from new mexico. mr. bingaman: mr. president, i come to the floor today as i did on the second the quick action on the

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Jeff Bingaman: nomination of nomination of hillary tompkins and the president has chosen well, in choosing miss tompkins to be the she has broad experience in natural resource issues. she is extremely well qualified in all respects.

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Jeff Bingaman: she was chief counsel to the governor in new mexico, governor richardson and she has demonstrated her ability to lead a team of lawyers in that position and to provide sound legal counsel. it is unclear to me why anyone would be objecting to her being

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Jeff Bingaman: approved as our solicitor. now, i the floor on the 2nd of june about eight days ago, and talked about this subject, i asked unanimous consent we proceed to executive session and that her

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Jeff Bingaman: nomination be confirmed and that we advice the president of our action and that the senate go back to other bus senator mcconnell, on behalf of the republican members here in the senate, objected, and said -- i think his specific response was that they were

0:41:48 to 0:42:08( Edit History Discussion )

Jeff Bingaman: still working on this let me see, he said "we have not been able to get that nomination cleared yet on this side on this side but we will consult with republican colleagues and at some point let him know," that's

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Jeff Bingaman: know whether did is possible to go forward." so he objected. that was disappointing. i am even more disappointed to announce or to call attention to the fact that we still are not able to clear miss tompkins for this important position.

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Jeff Bingaman: i think it's unfair to her. i think it's unfair to our former of interior salazar. he needs a capable person in this position. we should not be standing in the way of that occurring. i think his ability to serve the people of the country will be

0:42:52 to 0:43:13( Edit History Discussion )

Jeff Bingaman: improved by having a solicitor in that office and we should get on with the job of con firming that nomination. now, at the time that i was urging action on her nomination before i was were two senators who had

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Jeff Bingaman: objections, senator coburn had put a hold on the because of concerns of one kind or another, i don't know the specifics. i believe senator bunning had, as well.