Honorable Pete V. Domenici
United States Senator, New Mexico, Republican
Senator Domenici was first elected to the U.S. Senate in1972. He was Albuquerque City Commissioner from 1966 to 1970 andMayor Ex-Officio of Albuquerque from 1967 to 1970. He chairs boththe Appropriations Committee and the Budget Committee, and alsoserves on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, the GovernmentalAffairs Committee, and the Indian Affairs Committee. The followingis from the November 9, 1999, Senate floor debate on minimum wageamendments to S. 625, the Bankruptcy Reform Act.I say to my friend from Massachusetts [Senator Kennedy] thatI can yell as loud as he. But today I won’t do that because Ibelieve we have a great…
