Sep 8, 2009
I don't believe we're going to be able to negotiate anything for a lesser amount of money.
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 8, 2009
I believe these settlements ought to be approved by our committee, and I'm going to ask that we do it in spite of the opposition of the Administration.
Sep 8, 2009
But I tell you they're making some bad mistakes of judgment in their recommendations and this is one of them.
Sep 8, 2009
I can tell you, you can't say it, but I can, I've had to go to the President on items of significance for this country when OMB didn't care what the situation was.
Mar 23, 2009
I changed the NRC's priorities in a 1998 meeting with the NRC Chair in which I threatened to cut the agency's budget by one-third if the NRC did not modify its adversarial attitude toward the industry.
Jun 10, 2008
I want to try to raise a concept and see if we can get this where more people would begin to discuss this idea. In a hearing about 8 days ago, a crude oil expert made the statement that we would be using oil as a bridge to the future for…
May 7, 2008
Yes. And this bill we are talking about here tonight has a provision in it about it. Because in the dead of night, in an appropriations bill in the Department of the Interior, somebody in the House--we think we know who--decided to put a…
May 7, 2008
There is no question. One of the major oil companies has invested a huge amount of money. I think the initial investment allowed was $4 billion to experiment with a project that would in situ, on sight--rather than picking mines, they…
May 7, 2008
I ask the Senator, do you know what the price of a barrel of oil was when we sent the ANWR bill to the President of the United States, which was vetoed? Do you know how much it was per barrel?
Feb 29, 2008
I want to say to the Senator, you caught the end of 2 days of speaking on energy, and you heard: coal. I want you to know I had spoken of many other sources of energy before that. But I thought in recapping what we own, you must include…
Feb 13, 2008
Mr. President, our most recent experience with the fiscal year 2008 Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act shows the need for a biennial appropriations and budget process. That one bill clearly demonstrated Congress is incapable of…
Dec 18, 2007
The Senator tried his best to inform those working on this that this was not the way to handle one of America's most significant resources that might, indeed, sooner rather than later take the place of the crude oil we import from all over…