Sep 5, 2000
I cannot figure why the House and Senate in their overall scope of allocating money continue to underallocate for nondefense when Senators and House Members probably request more of us in the nondefense part of this bill than any bill…
Pete Domenici
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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.
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Sep 5, 2000
The amendment removes from the bill an environmental provision that I had put in there prior to a successful discussion of the issues and termination of the issues temporarily in the State of New Mexico. So I do not need the amendment…
Jul 21, 2000
It seems to me the question we have to ask is, Do we want a deregulated market that is working very, very well?
Jul 21, 2000
I don't agree on whether we have a surplus or not, and I listened attentively to that discussion, too, but I actually think you are raising a very good point in telecommunications. I voted for the telecommunications reform, but one of the…
Jul 21, 2000
I wonder if I might ask Senator Hollings a question. I was listening to the remarks about telecommunications, and I was very impressed. Am I to understand that we have a regulated, governmentally-owned company that wants to buy into a…
Jul 20, 2000
Funding from the Agricultural Research Service will be needed to establish this institute. I understand that with the funding provided for ARS in this bill, that may not be possible. I ask the Chairman if he would assist us in the upcoming…
Jul 20, 2000
The chairman is correct that this cooperatively operated institute would reduce duplication of effort as research institutions across the country find the need to develop bioinformatics systems to validate and disseminate results from…
Jul 18, 2000
Yes, that is correct. However, I would note that the emergency needs for on-the-ground work on fuel reduction in New Mexico are very great. I understand that the agencies could use more than $50 million in emergency dollars for projects…
Jul 17, 2000
I'm glad to have the Senator from Arizona as a sponsor of my amendment, which does provide additional necessary funding to the BLM and the Forest Service for fuels reduction. And I am aware of the work being done by the Ecological…
Jul 12, 2000
I am very thrilled today. I had originally nicknamed this bill ``happy forests'' because I thought maybe if we cleaned them up and took all this gasoline, using that figuratively, that is waiting around to burn them down--I thought they…
Jul 12, 2000
The Indian schools, yes. They are in such a state of disrepair. Indian health is in pretty good health. In this bill, the President asked for substantially more money, and we were able to fund a substantial increase in Indian health money…
Jul 12, 2000
Is it not true one other major function of activities that we must do in behalf of Indian people has to do with health care, wherein we have hospitals and medical facilities that are run by the U.S. Government for the Indian people? There…