Pete Domenici: “this is a new mandate, extremely costly, a huge new bureaucracy; and nothing in the bill prohibits the States from using…”

We are now talking about something different. We are talking about the ratio of debt-to-GDP.

To me, it does not [seem like a good tax].

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

I believe that that has to happen. I guess the rest is, I hope it happens, and the sooner the better, in my mind.