Pete Domenici: “I should have mentioned in my remarks, one of the Senators who has helped me in the many months that we engaged in…”

“I should have mentioned in my remarks, one of the Senators who has helped me in the many months that we engaged in trying to make the Department of Energy more focused with reference to our nuclear weapons problems was the distinguished Senator from Arizona. I thank him for that help. We are not over that hurdle yet. Indeed, General Gordon and that semiautonomous agency have not been totally formulated. They are not grown up yet and are still walking along, maybe comparing it to high school and the eighth grade. They still have to get the diploma. This bill should enhance it or give them some of the tools they claim they need. In the meantime, I thank the Senator for observations and comments regarding a world beyond Kyoto. Clearly, if we do this right, we can have an abundance of energy and there need be no atmospheric pollution; we can do it another way. Clearly, we can get it done. I thank the Senator for his observation.”