Pete Domenici: “I rise in support of the Hutchison-Domenici amendment because the MMS's procedures are flawed. Department of the…”

“I rise in support of the Hutchison-Domenici amendment because the MMS's procedures are flawed. Department of the Interior employees involved in the writing of the regulations received $300,000 each from a group that had interests contrary to those of the oil and gas firms. It is wrong on substance. I will just give one example showing it is flawed. A producer from one oil well producing one kind of oil would be forced to value his oil ten different ways under this MMS proposal.”