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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.
It is almost incredible--we should show the American people this diagram for them to see what has been happening to their country--the red or pink is the annual use of natural gas in our generating capacity for electricity. If we look back…
I am just addressing the millions of people in this country, most of them farmers, many thousands in the State of the occupant of the chair, who would like to see ethanol, since it would do great things for them and at the same time…
But I suggest that she and other Senators, instead of reading what the newspapers have to say, read what their constituents have to say. I want to cite some constituents of hers and of everyone else in the Senate and what they have had to…
I want to first say to the Senate, a little over a year ago the Senate changed committees and I had the luxury of moving from the Budget Committee to the Energy Committee-- perhaps not a luxury in everyone's sense but from my standpoint it…
today I bring to the floor the Energy and Water Development Appropriations conference report for fiscal year 2004, approved by the conference committee last week. My ranking member, Senator Reid, and I have worked very hard this year to…
I just want to move, for a moment, to compare how certain other judges have been treated in terms of how long they had to wait while the Senate did nothing because we were in a filibuster mode in the Senate. I want to take two or three of…
This editorial continues: Feminist Majority President Eleanor Smeal, for one, doesn't need any more information about Estrada to know that in blocking him, "the Democratic leadership is giving voice to its massive base of labor, civil…
I do not have a New York Times to quote, but I think I am a lot more fortunate because I have two New Mexico papers, important papers in my State, to quote. I do not have to use them to change the subject. I will quote from a couple of our…
My father came to the United States in 1908 as a 12-year-old immigrant from Italy. I don't think many of you know that in the First World War, immigrants, noncitizens, were drafted. My father was in little Albuquerque in business, 27 years…
In the final days before approval of the compacts, FEMA has transmitted a revised proposal regarding disaster assistance that would involve both FEMA and OFDA. This new proposal, coming at such a late stage in the process, has not been…
Under the current compact, the disaster assistance programs of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, have been available to the FSM and RMI since 1986. Located in the western Pacific, the RMI and FSM are vulnerable to typhoons and…
The Committees expect that FEMA, the administration, and the island governments will engage in such negotiations expeditiously and in good faith. Depending on the progress made by June 30, 2004, the Energy and Natural Resources Committee…