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Domenici Picked to Chair Senate Energy Panel for Third Year
Republican members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Tuesday picked Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM) to be chairman of the powerful committee for a third year in a row.
In the 109th Congress, “we are going to make a push to develop our vast oil [and natural gas] resources in the Arctic [National Wildlife] Refuge in a way that leaves the environment pristine. I expected to receive instructions in the Budget Resolution to report ANWR language to the Budget Committee in early May. I will fight on the Senate floor to keep those instructions in the resolution,” he said.
Domenici said he was “pleased” by the strong support for an energy bill this year from the Bush White House and the House of Representatives. He noted that House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) on Tuesday reaffirmed the House’s intention to deliver a comprehensive energy bill to President Bush this year.
“Energy will clearly be a priority and we have already begun serious discussions about how we will proceed,” Domenici said. This will be the fourth attempt by Congress to pass an energy bill. A comprehensive energy bill cleared the House last year, but stalled in the Senate.
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