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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.
You have a bill and you work on it, and Senators quickly run down and say, my gosh, this isn't going to help my State. But you cannot fix them all. So you proceed. They lose most of the time, but they never give up. On and on. That is all…
While Senator Bingaman is still on the floor, might I say, Senator, we have an energy bill pending that has received 58 votes in a cloture situation. Some like it. Some don't like it. You are somewhere in the middle and you want to change…
Might I say, Senator, your concern about the impact has gone on so long that one wonders how much impact you really need. We did expose this entire proposal, put it online so everyone could see it. Maybe your staff or you did not see it…
Or they issue it. They go to the press and say, we are finished. And sometimes nobody even knows what they did. That is not the case with this bill. They knew what we did. If they didn't, they weren't paying attention. We told them where…
Doubled in 1 year. Is that right? Doubled. Now, there is nobody asking for an antitrust evaluation, that somebody gypped them. These companies just put out the reality. A big portion of fertilizer is natural gas or the products therefrom…
He has only given us inflation. After all these years, he only gave us inflation this year. And they almost sound as if he is against them, the President who has funded them more than any President in history. Then we come down to the…
Fellow Senators, I normally get up to argue a case when I think I can win. And sometimes--not too often--I get up to argue a case on the floor of the Senate because I think the case deserves my argument, even if I do not think I am going…
I will only use 1 minute. First, I have the greatest respect for the distinguished Senator from Maine, but let me say to everyone here, you all remember, SPR is to put oil in the ground in case we have an emergency. We use it in an…
Senator Don Nickles has done an outstanding job, as have the Members who serve with him, working for our country, joining him in doing the very best possible job they can do. I think the budget before us, under the circumstances, is as…