Pete Domenici: “I have been in the Senate 31 years and that for the better part of that time I spent my time on energy matters but…”

“I have been in the Senate 31 years and that for the better part of that time I spent my time on energy matters but principally, from the standpoint of the floor of the Senate, I was known as the person who handled the budget for the Senate. That is where I had the luxury and privilege of meeting the distinguished Senator, who opposes me on the floor, Mr. Wyden, and many others who serve with me. In fact, that is where I became a very good friend of the distinguished majority leader of the Senate, who served, as the Senator might recall, on that Budget Committee way down at the end of the Republican side. One of the Senators who served for most of that time, that the Senator from Oregon will recognize and remember, was probably one of the most astute and knowledgeable Senators who we have both had the luxury of knowing. We might both put some other attributes along with those but he was that, and that was Senator Gramm of Texas.”