Pete Domenici: “But first, let me say to fellow Senators that I am very proud of the electricity amendment, with 13 bipartisan…”

“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 take care of the problems that Senator Cantwell is talking about? Is it conceivable that I would come to the Senate floor with what we perceive to be a great American reform of an electricity system from top to bottom and leave out protection for the kind of people she is speaking of? I will answer my own question by saying that is impossible. It is impossible because we wouldn't let it happen. Second, it is impossible because it didn't happen. Having said that, I understand full well--and I have explained privately to the very distinguished Senator, Ms. Cantwell. As I talked with her, I could just see how her very being was upset with what has happened to her constituents because of the pricing that went wild in the State of California for which she got the aftermath in her State.”