Chairman's Press
March 16, 2004 Washington, D.C. – President Bush today called on Congress to pass the energy bill during a speech made on the economy today at the U.S. Chamber of…
Washington, D.C. – Retail gasoline prices broke all records this weekend. In recent days, analysts have raised their expectations for the average U.S. natural-gas prices in 2004 due to increased…
Washington, D.C. – The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today approved the nomination of Susan Johnson Grant as the Chief Financial Officer at the Department of Energy and four…
WASHINGTON – Senate Energy & Natural Resources Chairman Pete V. Domenici today suggested that the federal government may need to establish a major federal water program to assist communities, particularly…
March 5, 2004 Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee Schedule for the Week of March 8 Washington, D.C. – The Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee will hold a business…
Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy & Natural Resources Chairman Pete V. Domenici today urged the United States to follow the leadership of the European Union by increasing production of nuclear…
Washington, D.C. – The Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee will hold two full committee hearings and two subcommittee hearings next week. The full committee will hold a hearing Tuesday,…
Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy & Natural Resources Chairman Pete V. Domenici joined Senators Ben Nighthorse Campbell and Dianne Feinstein today in introducing a bipartisan bill that gives Native American…
Washington, D.C. – The League of Conservation Voters today mischaracterized comprehensive energy legislation pending before Congress in the release of its 2003 National Environmental Scorecard. The LCV cited defeat of…
Washington, D.C. – The New York Times today published a story on Saudi Arabia’s declining oil fields. The story noted that U.S. energy forecasts call for Saudi Arabia to nearly…
Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy & Natural Resources Chairman Pete V. Domenici today urged the swift passage of S. 2095 as the surest, swiftest way to prevent future power outages…
My new, leaner energy bill creates more than 800,000 new jobs and does more to revitalize rural America than any legislation passed by Congress in the past 30 years —…
Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy & Natural Resources Chairman Pete V. Domenici introduced his new energy bill tonight in the wake of an agreement reached between Majority Leader Bill Frist…
The Safe Harbor provision (1502) for both MTBE and Ethanol-TBE has been deleted from the new energy bill. Below is a summary of additional changes and the fiscal impact on…
Washington, D.C. – The Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee will hold a full committee hearing on Tuesday, February 10, at 10:00 a.m. in Dirksen 366 to consider the President’s…
Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy & Natural Resources Chairman Pete V. Domenici announced plans today to strip the MTBE safe harbor provision from a leaner energy bill before offering it…
Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy Chairman Pete V. Domenici tonight reaffirmed his commitment to passing H.R. 6 through the Senate in a statement released following President Bush’s State of the…
Washington, D.C. — The threat of rolling blackouts in the Northeast because of bitter cold underscores the need for the Senate to halt its acrimonious filibuster on the energy bill…
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Domenici applauds President George W. Bush and his Administration for President Bush’s enactment of the bipartisan Healthy Forests Restoration Act. President Bush signed the…
Washington, D.C. – The Subcommittee on Energy will be conducting one hearing. The Subcommittee on Energy will hold a hearing on, Saturday, December 6, 2003 at 9:00 a.m. – 1:00…
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Ernest Istook (R-OK), chairman of the Transportation and Treasury Appropriations Subcommittee, issued the following statement today: “I would oppose any effort to attach the ethanol program…
Washington, D.C. – Citing the bill’s strong provisions for ethanol and renewable fuels, Minority Leader Tom Daschle today told WNAX farm editor Michelle Rook that he supports the energy bill…
Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy & Natural Resources Chairman Pete V. Domenici today praised House colleagues for passing comprehensive energy legislation that will create nearly 1 million new jobs, improve…
Who: Energy and Natural Resources Committee When: Friday, November 21, at 9:30 a.m. Where: SD-366 Why: To conduct oversight of the implementation of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness and Compensation…
Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy & Natural Resources Chairman Pete V. Domenici today called the Energy Policy Act of 2003 a “jobs bill” that will create nearly 1 million new…