Chairman's Press
Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Senate today approved the H.R. 6 Conference Report by a vote of 74-26. Immediately prior to passage, the Senate voted 71-29 to waive a budget…
Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy & Natural Resources Chairman Pete V. Domenici today congratulated Energy and Commerce Chairman Joe Barton, Ranking Member John Dingell and the House conferees on the…
Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy & Natural Resources Chairman Pete V. Domenici announced that the conference report on the Energy Policy Act of 2005 has been filed in the Senate….
Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Pete V. Domenici today began lining up votes on both sides of the aisle for the H.R. 6 conference report which…
The conferees today adopted the hydropower, geothermal and R&D titles. The hydro title was adopted subject to a possible future amendment from Rep. Dingell. Mr. Markey offered an amendment…
Washington, D.C. – The Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee will hold two subcommittee hearings next week. The energy subcommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, July 27 at 3:00…
Washington, D.C. – The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today approved the nominations of Jill L. Sigal, David R. Hill, and James A. Rispoli to the Department of Energy…
WASHINGTON – Work commenced today to gain approval of legislation authored by U.S. Senator Pete Domenici to protect one of the most unique cave formations ever discovered in the world—the…
All, The next meeting of the Conference on H.R. 6, the energy bill, will be Thursday, July 21, at 1:00 p.m. in Room 2123 Rayburn. The conferees will then…
Washington, D.C. – The Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee will hold two full committee hearings and one subcommittee hearing next week. The full committee will hold a hearing on…
Who: Full Committee When: Thursday, July 21at 10:00 a.m. Where: 216 Hart Senate Office Building Why: To receive testimony regarding the current state of climate change scientific research and the…
Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy & Natural Resources Chairman Pete V. Domenici today praised the President’s choice of Joseph Kelliher to be chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Chairman…
Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Senate today passed H.R. 6 – a comprehensive, bipartisan energy bill – by a vote of 85-12. In remarks on the floor to passage,…
Washington, D.C. – The Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee will hold one subcommittee hearing next week. The National Parks subcommittee will hold a hearing on Tuesday, June 28…
Washington, D.C. – The Energy Policy Act of 2005 creates jobs across all sectors of the economy, from construction to research, Senate Energy Chairman Pete Domenici said today. Chairman…
Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy Committee Chairman Pete V. Domenici and Ranking Member Jeff Bingaman are cheered by the productive, bipartisan progress made on energy legislation last week. Among the…
Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy & Natural Resources Chairman Pete V. Domenici today thanked his colleagues for a week of productive, bipartisan work on the comprehensive energy bill. The Senate…
Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy & Natural Resources Chairman Pete V. Domenici today praised the efficiency and conservation standards in the Senate energy bill, calling those standards a cornerstone of…
Washington, D.C. – The Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee today ordered reported a bipartisan energy bill that diversifies America’s energy supply, increases conservation and production and employs innovative technologies…
The meeting will come to order. Before we get started, I want to note that in the past two days, we have adopted a number of provisions to this…
Senator Larry E. Craig’s statement: The United States has gone too long without a strategic, comprehensive energy policy. We have the reality of tight supplies, regulatory uncertainty, and confusion…
Washington, D.C. — The Senate Energy Committee today approved by voice vote three titles of the bipartisan energy bill: Indian Energy, DOE Management and Personnel and Training. During a 9:30…
Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy & Natural Resources Chairman Pete V. Domenici today released the following statement regarding Sen. Mary Landrieu’s legislation aimed at providing incentives to states to participate…
Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy & Natural Resources Chairman Pete V. Domenici and Ranking Member Jeff Bingaman today announced the May 17 mark-up of nine draft titles of the bipartisan…
Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy & Natural Resources Chairman Pete V. Domenici today called on Congress to pass a bipartisan water bill he and Senator Jeff Bingaman authored that creates…