Chairman's Press
Twenty-nine panelists have accepted the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee’s invitation to amplify on the proposals they submitted for the committee’s April 4 climate conference. Next Tuesday, the Energy…
Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Senate today voted 88-0 to approve the nomination of Dennis Spurgeon to be Assistant Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Energy. Chairman Domenici’s statement: “With the…
Washington, D.C. – The Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee will hold two subcommittee hearings next week. The public lands and forests subcommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, March…
Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Senate today voted 51-49 in favor of S. Con Res. 83, the FY 2007 Congressional Budget Resolution. The resolution includes instructions to the Energy and…
Washington, D.C. – The Senate today approved 51-49 an amendment offered by Sen. Domenici to the S. Con Res 83, the FY 07 Congressional Budget Resolution. The amendment creates a…
Who: Public Lands & Forests Subcommittee When: Wednesday, March 29 at 2:30 p.m. Where: SD-366 Why: To receive testimony on S. 1832, to authorize the Secretary of the…
Washington, D.C. – Pete V. Domenici, Chairman of the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee, today expressed strong support for President Bush’s nomination of Idaho Governor Dirk Kempthorne as the…
Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Senate today voted 51-49 in favor of S. Con Res. 83, the FY 2007 Congressional Budget Resolution. The resolution includes instructions to the Energy and…
The March 13 deadline for participation in the April conference on how Congress should go about setting a mandatory trading program to control U.S. greenhouse gas emissions has passed. The…
Washington, D.C. – The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today approved four nominations and 5 bills in an 11:30 a.m. business meeting. The nominations and bills were approved by…
Who: Water & Power Subcommittee When: Thursday, March 30 at 2:30 p.m. Where: SD-366 Why: To receive testimony on S. 1577, to facilitate the transfer of Spearfish…
Who: Public Lands & Forests Subcommittee When: Wednesday, April 5 at 2:30 p.m. Where: SD-366 Why: To review the 2005 wildfire season and the Federal land management…
Because of the energy bill . . . . Nine generating companies and consortiums across the are preparing applications for permission to build between 9 and 19 new nuclear power…
WASHINGTON — Senate Energy & Natural Resources Chairman Pete V. Domenici issued the following statement regarding the resignation announcement made by Interior Secretary Gale Norton. “I commend Secretary Norton for…
Washington, D.C. – The Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee will hold one subcommittee hearing and one business meeting next week. The National Parks subcommittee will hold a hearing on…
Because of the energy bill . . . . A pilot program has been created in seven Bureau of Land Management Offices in five western states to provide one-stop shopping…
Who: Full Committee When: Wednesday, March 15 at 11:30 a.m. Where: SD-366 Why: To consider pending nominations and any other pending calendar business which may be ready…
Who: National Parks Subcommittee When: Tuesday, March 14 at 2:30 p.m. Where: SD-366 Why: To review the President’s proposed budget for the National Parks Service for Fiscal…
Washington, D.C. – The Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee today approved S. 2253, a bill instructing the Secretary of the Interior to begin the sale of oil and…
Because of the energy bill . . . . PJM Interconnection yesterday asked the U.S. Department of Energy to designate two electrical paths as National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors to…
Who: Senator Pete Domenici (R-N.M.) Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) Senator Craig Thomas (R-WY) Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) What: Press Availability When: Tomorrow, March 7 at 12:15…
Tomorrow, the energy committee will hold a hearing on energy independence. Senators will hear from four witnesses: The Honorable R. James Woolsey Vice President Booz Allen Hamilton McLean, VA Susan…
Because of the energy bill . . . 34 new ethanol plants are being built, 8 existing plants are being expanded and ethanol production is thriving in 21 states around…
Washington, D.C. – The Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee will hold two full committee hearings and one business meeting next week. The full committee will hold a hearing on…
March 2, 2006 The Honorable Judd Gregg, Chairman The Honorable Kent Conrad, Ranking Member Committee on the Budget United States Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 Dear Chairman Gregg and Senator Conrad:…