Pete Domenici: “I say judges are important, and speaking on behalf of or against judges is very important. It is also very important…”

“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. The Senator from New Mexico wants to get the Energy bill finished. Clearly, I find nothing in the rules that says the Senator from Massachusetts is not entitled to make his speech of 30 minutes or up to an hour. I do believe it is important, nonetheless, that somewhere along the line there be some accommodation and that we proceed to get the Energy bill finished. I understand there are four or five amendments. I wish I could see them sooner or later so I will know what they are about but nobody owes me that, either. We will take it as it comes. I will ask the distinguished majority leader to be accommodating so we can get this bill finished, but I am doing that with great trepidation, not as to Senator Kennedy but as to whether there is a willingness to pursue this bill with vigor if that accommodation is made.”