Pete Domenici: “I want to say now--and I will say it three more times tonight before we finish--to Senators wherever they are that we…”

“I want to say now--and I will say it three more times tonight before we finish--to Senators wherever they are that we are not quitting tomorrow night at 7:20. If there are Senators who want to be off the Hill, they can be off. We are going to be here tomorrow night voting on amendments that your side wants. We are just about out of amendments on our side of the aisle. I am not sure of any really important ones left. Your side has been telling me they want these very important amendments that they claim are related to this bill. A whole bunch of amendments that are left don't even belong on this Energy bill and are not even within this committee's jurisdiction. This Senator stands up and argues against them but, as a matter of fact, they ought to be argued by another committee chairman. I am not even the one who takes care of them. But I will have to do that. As long as everybody understands, Senator Cantwell will be taking 2 hours tomorrow. We are going to start at 9 o'clock. We are still going to be on these amendments to this bill. We need Senators to get ready tomorrow morning with additional amendments in this arena. Then we will proceed quickly to the amendments such as the one Senator Feinstein has and all the others. But we will be here tomorrow evening. We will be here plenty late as we take those amendments, as long as we understand we are ready to do what you recommend.”