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07.31.07

           WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Pete Domenici, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today submitted the following opening statement to the Subcommittee on Energy regarding renewable…

07.27.07

            WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Pete Domenici, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today issued the following statement regarding provisions contained in the Farm, Nutrition, and…

07.25.07

              WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Pete Domenici, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today applauded action by the committee to approve five Executive Branch nominees…

07.25.07

     WASHINGTON – Senator Pete Domenici, ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, today announced new subcommittee assignments for Republican members.  The assignments were approved by…

07.20.07

              WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Pete Domenici, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today said that he is looking forward to participating in a Senate-House…

07.12.07

       WASHINGTON – A bill backed by U.S. Senator Pete Domenici that would grant veterans discounted access to National Parks and other federal lands today received its first hearing, setting…

07.12.07

             WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Pete Domenici, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today welcomed the Senate’s newest member, John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), to the Energy Committee….

06.26.07

  WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Pete Domenici, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today praised an announcement by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) that it…

06.26.07

                WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Pete Domenici, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today expressed frustration with the lack of progress made to control…

06.25.07

As firefighters across the country brace for what experts warn will be a severe fire season, Senate Energy & Natural Resources is bracing for a serious hearing on the hot…

06.22.07

           WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Pete Domenici, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, late Thursday joined the Senate to approve legislation that will promote the use…

06.21.07

            WASHINGTON – In response to a vote by the Senate Appropriations Committee to approve the Domenici Amendment on outer continental shelf royalty language in the Interior Appropriations Bill, U.S….

06.20.07

            WASHINGTON – In response to a revised Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) amendment filed by Senator Jeff Bingaman, U.S. Senator Pete Domenici, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural…

06.19.07

              WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Pete Domenici, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today issued the following language regarding provisions in the FY2008 Interior Appropriations…

06.18.07

            WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Pete Domenici, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today joined Senator Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) to introduce an amendment that would displace…

06.13.07

                WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Pete Domenici, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today formally offered an amendment to establish a federal 20 percent…

06.12.07

The Impact of a Federal RPS   The following is an analysis of the monetary impact of a federally mandated 15% RPS on the nation and in several individual states….

06.12.07

           WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Pete Domenici, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today said that evidence was mounting that consumers would face a multi-billion dollar…

06.11.07

         WASHINGTON – As the Senate takes up a procedural motion to begin debate on energy, U.S. Senator Pete Domenici, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee,…

06.06.07

           WASHINGTON – The State Utility Commissions of nine southeastern states have sent a clear message to Congress: a federal renewable portfolio standard (RPS) will mean higher prices for consumers….

06.05.07

           WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Pete Domenici, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today addressed a delegation of Chinese lawmakers during the opening session of a…

06.05.07

Domenici Audio Clip: http://src.senate.gov/public/_files/radio/domenicienergy06_04_07.mp3                 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Pete Domenici today said that he believes a proposal to impose a 15 percent across the board Renewable Portfolio…

06.05.07

            WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Pete Domenici, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today issued the following statement regarding the death of U.S. Senator Craig Thomas…

05.31.07

            LAS VEGAS, NM – U.S. Senator Pete Domenici, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee, today issued the following statement regarding President Bush’s announcement of…

05.30.07

              TAOS, NM – U.S Senator Pete Domenici, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today issued the following statement regarding two forecasts issued by…