Chairman's Press
Unless a unanimous consent agreement is reached on a different procedure, this is a general overview of the floor procedure we anticipate in the next two days. Cloture has been…
Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy & Natural Resources Chairman Pete V. Domenici today filed the authorizing portion of S. 2095 as a second-degree amendment to a Daschle ethanol amendment to…
Washington, D.C. – The funding, research and tax incentives necessary to increase U.S. production of sustainable, low-emissions electricity such as wind, solar, geothermal, nuclear and clean coal production are already…
Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy & Natural Resources Chairman Pete V. Domenici praised President Bush’s commitment to a hydrogen future as outlined in the President’s remarks today in Minnesota. Domenici…
Washington, D.C. – Chairman Pete V. Domenici today welcomed news that three consortia of utility and nuclear power companies intend to build advanced nuclear reactors in the United States. One…
Washington, D.C. – The Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee will hold a full committee hearing, a subcommittee hearing and a business meeting this week. The Full Committee will hold…
Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy & Natural Resources Chairman Pete V. Domenici and House Energy & Commerce Chairman Joe Barton issued a joint statement following their meeting today on the…
Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy & Natural Resources Chairman Pete V. Domenici today marked Earth Day by renewing his call for passage of comprehensive energy legislation through the Senate. His…
Sante Fe, NM — Senate Energy & Natural Resources Chairman Pete V. Domenici outlined the impact his comprehensive energy legislation will have on America’s urgent energy challenges in a speech…
Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy & Natural Resources Chairman Pete V. Domenici will be the keynote speaker tonight at the North American Energy Summit sponsored by the Western Governors Association….
Washington, D.C. – The energy tax package will create an additional 650,000 jobs across all sectors of the economy, including manufacturing, construction, and technology. The legislation further stimulates the economy…
Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy & Natural Resources Chairman Pete V. Domenici announced the attachment of the energy tax package tax to a revised Foreign Sales Corporation/Extraterritorial Income legislation introduced…
Washington, D.C. – The US-Canada Power System Outage Task Force’s report released today underscores the urgent need for the passage of the energy bill, Senate Energy & Natural Resources Chairman…
Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy & Natural Resources Chairman Pete V. Domenici today called on Senate Democrats to free the energy bill so Congress could free Americans from rising energy…
Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy & Natural Resources Chairman Pete V. Domenici sharply criticized OPEC for cutting oil production by 4 percent during a time of record-high gasoline prices here…
Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy & Natural Resources Chairman Pete V. Domenici praised the creation of a consortium of energy companies formed to explore the licensing of a new nuclear…
Washington, D.C. – Ceasing to fill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) won’t impact gasoline prices by so much as a dime, Senate Energy & Natural Resources Chairman Pete V. Domenici…
Washington, D.C. – The Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee will hold a full committee hearing and a subcommittee hearing this week. The full committee will hold a hearing on…
Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy & Natural Resources Chairman Pete V. Domenici today called on Senate Democrats to get serious about passing an energy bill instead of passing the buck…
Washington, D.C. – The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today approved the nomination of Sue Ellen Wooldridge as Solicitor at the Department of the Interior and two bills, S….
Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy & Natural Resources Chairman Pete V. Domenici said today in a speech on the Senate floor that it is the responsibility of Congress, not the…
Washington, D.C. – Consistently high natural gas prices have prompted utility companies in six western states to plan the construction of new coal-fired electric plants for the first time in…
Washington, D.C. – Angela Harper, former legislative assistant for Congresswoman Jennifer Dunn, has joined the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee as deputy communications director. Harper handled energy and science…
Washington, D.C. – The Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee will hold a business meeting and two subcommittee hearings this week. The full committee will hold a business meeting on…
Washington, D.C. – Crude oil prices closed yesterday at $38.18 dollars a barrel – the highest closing price since October, 1990. Meanwhile, the Labor Department reported that inflation at the…