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Pete V. Domenici is a former United States Senator from New Mexico, serving from 1973 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, he was known for his work on budgetary issues and energy policy. During his tenure, he played a significant role in shaping legislation related to nuclear energy and national defense. Domenici was also involved in various bipartisan efforts, particularly in the areas of health care and education reform. He was a prominent advocate for fiscal responsibility and was instrumental in the passage of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997.
I would be happy to. Senator Bingaman is correct. We had agreed upon text for insertion into the managers' statement on a number of provisions, but it was left out in order to file the conference report in time for us to complete our work…
I know Senator Kerry wants to speak, but I would like to ask that we may have time to arrange all of this right now. My next speaker is Senator Craig. I would like to yield 5 minutes to him and then we go to somebody on your side.
I know I was. I would like to allocate if I could. If Senator Kerry is going to speak 30 minutes, I would like to have Senator Craig and Senator Thomas speak for 5 minutes each. That is 10 minutes. And then we go to Senator Kerry for his…
So what we are saying is the Senator from New Mexico can speak for 90 minutes. I don't want to do that. I want to let my Senators speak, so I would like to change that. If we don't change it, I will speak for 90 minutes.
I am not going to limit you. You have an order. I am just talking about sequence.
I did. I am wrong, so I am telling you you have 30; you are going to get 30. It is just a question of when.
I might ask the Democrat side, since we have two Senators with 5 minutes each, would it be fair to say we go back and forth with 5 minutes?
As you know, the comprehensive energy legislation that the Senate recently passed authorizes this program.
I ask consent that Senator John McCain be recognized now for 10 minutes to speak on the bill, or whatever he desires; when he has completed, we proceed to the Feinstein amendment; then we proceed to final passage and there will be 10…
I am trying to get us finished so we will have two votes back to back, one on this amendment and one on final passage. Senator Coburn wants to take a few minutes. He wants to offer an amendment. Amendment No. 1086 Withdrawn
I say to the Senator, you understand this is a difficult amendment. We have had objection from the Armed Services authorizing committee. We take it to conference willingly, with the clear understanding we are going to work on it with the…
Five and 5? We have 12, and the Senator from California has 5. I will take it: 5 and 5; is that all right?