Pete Domenici: “I do not mind the Senator from Arizona saying whatever he likes on the floor. I do not mind him getting red in the face…”

“I do not mind the Senator from Arizona saying whatever he likes on the floor. I do not mind him getting red in the face and pointing at me and talking to me like I don't know what I am talking about. But he did not listen. I did not say global warming is not a problem. He might be talking about somebody else. I did say it was. Instead of saying what he said, he should have said: I am glad Senator Domenici is finally recognizing there is a problem. To recognize there is a problem does not mean that his way of solving it is the only solution. In fact, I am telling the Senate what he is suggesting will not work. That is all I am saying. I have the right to do that, and it does not have to be said that I am going to hurt the young generation. I am not hurting the younger generation. The reason this amendment cannot pass is because it cannot be implemented. It is that simple. Nobody knows how to do that because nobody knows the results. You could just as well introduce a bill and say: I want to do twice as much as Senator McCain. And that would be wonderful. You could then say: I am really for the young people. I am doing twice as much. The problem is, you do not know how to do it. You cannot do it. And everybody who has looked at it, except those who want to set a goal, know that is not so. That is why it will lose. I thank the Senator for yielding me 2 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Arizona. Mr. McCAIN. Mr.…”