Honorable Pete V. Domenici
United States Senator, New Mexico, Republican
Senator Domenici was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1972. He served as an Albuquerque City Commissioner from 1966 to 1970 and as Mayor Ex-Officio from 1967 to 1970. He chairs the Energy and Natural Resources Committee and is a member of the Appropriations Committee (where he chairs the Energy and Water Subcommittee), the Budget Committee, and the Indian Affairs Committee. The following is from the September 10, 2003, Senate floor debate on an amendment to H.R. 2660, the 2004 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, to eliminate funding from the bill to implement the Labor…
