Pete Domenici: “If they don't care about the nonproliferation, I'm just wondering why we should.”

It is clear from this example that good things can happen when we open up more areas for drilling in a responsible manner.

I do not think I have said verbally that I favor the extension.

I think it is very important, for some of you who have gone through lame duck, to make sure that you know it is not the best choice of an arena to which you would assign the solution of major problems.

It seems to me that sooner or later something has to be done. The economy is suffering from an awful lot of people not knowing what is going to happen.