Pete Domenici
Pete Domenici
Pietro Vichi "Pete" Domeniciis an American Republican politician, who served six terms as a United States Senator from New Mexico, from 1973 to 2009, the longest tenure in the state's history. During Domenici's tenure in the Senate, he advocated waterway usage fees, nuclear power, and related causes...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth7 May 1932
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Nuclear power alone is not the solution to our energy woes, but can become a stronger component of an overall national energy policy, just as we must promote greater domestic oil and gas production, and yes, embrace greater conservation and renewable fuels. But we should be realistic in understanding that conservation and renewable fuels, which now only provide about 2 percent of our energy needs, will never get us to energy independence.
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The purpose of that hearing is make them understand that we and the American people are concerned about what appears to be an excessive amount of profit and excessive reserves,
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There's got to be some understanding on their part that if we don't get some additional give in terms of restraining some expenditures and some reform, then we may have to be on our own, producing a budget that the President wouldn't like,
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When you do the final assumptions, we will not have used Social Security trust fund money this year either. That'll be two years in a row,
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We believe (Lease) 181 has to be done. It is the single most significant act to stabilize or possibly reduce the price of natural gas.
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We used to be the world's single biggest supplier. We're a big importer now so the time has come to add to the world's supply,
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either to embarrass us or make us spend precisely what he wants, which is way too much.
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bigger government in Washington (and) less money in the pockets of the taxpayers. I believe we're right on this one.
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Extending MILC in its current form is unacceptable, ... and I will oppose it vigorously.
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We are asking that you give the president's plan a chance to be reviewed at the next level,
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we don't need to have somebody explain to us how the people of New Mexico think.
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We can talk about who was one day late, who was 36 hours late. But the truth is, it was so big. I hope the people don't think one day, two days here or there, would've avoided the devastation.
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We put tougher efficiency standards in the energy bill so we could get dramatic energy savings to the consumers faster, ... If we hadn't mandated new standards in the bill, the administrative process for raising these standards could have taken years.
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If we can find the offsets we'll go down to zero across-the- board,