Pete Domenici

I say judges are important, and speaking on behalf of or against judges is very important. It is also very important that we pass an Energy bill. We have been waiting for weeks and weeks. This committee was asked to put a bill together…

Frankly, what he is asking us to do is exactly the wrong thing for the situation that exists today in the energy markets. There is an article that was quoted from which is on all our desks: Energy Monoliths Could Return. It was quoted…

one of the most difficult negotiations in this bill was getting the language that prohibited the finalization of SMDs until July 1, 2005. Other Senators wanted a longer time. Some wanted a shorter time. Well, Senator Bingaman changes the…

But first, let me say to fellow Senators that I am very proud of the electricity amendment, with 13 bipartisan cosponsors, which is pending. Does anybody think we would have worked on that for days on end and not have provisions in it that…

I can guarantee Senators that the Senator from New Mexico has worked for the last 7 months on this bill. The electricity amendment is a compromise supported by a broad array of stakeholders, much broader than I ever would have thought when…

I think I am going to do it in 2 minutes and whatever few seconds. First, I have been looking forward to this debate all day because it is a very mature debate. The Senate spent a good deal of time last year discussing these two…

I want to say now--and I will say it three more times tonight before we finish--to Senators wherever they are that we are not quitting tomorrow night at 7:20. If there are Senators who want to be off the Hill, they can be off. We are going…

I say to the Senator truthfully, it is not understood how hard I worked and how much I worried and sweated to get to where we are, which is the pending matter. I want Senators to understand we have to get rid of it.

Let's try to do this: Let us assume that we had Bingaman No. 2 and the Senator from Nevada went off and tried to discern how many other amendments on this subject we have, and that he return and say what they are. I am perfectly willing…

No. So it is the possibility of nine amendments. I want to tell the Senator from the start that, as far as the distinguished Senator Maria Cantwell, I certainly do not have any objection to 1 hour tonight and 2 hours tomorrow morning. We…

before the distinguished minority leader leaves the floor, might I say we, too, are prepared to move quickly to the Durbin amendment. Senator Bingaman and I are writing up a list we would agree on as to how we would proceed the next couple…

I rise to honor a remarkable and talented young man who will be sorely missed as he moves to the administration to become the special assistant on energy to the President of the United States. Clay Sell has been working for me as chief…