| 00:00:00 | DOING ANYTHING WITH THAT SHALE. |
| 00:00:02 | AND WE FOUND OUT THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY LEASING LAWS THAT PERMITTED IT. |
| 00:00:06 | AND YOU MIGHT RECALL THAT AT YOUR -- AT YOUR INSTIGATION, WE PUT THE FIRST LAWS IN THE ENERGY IMPACT BILL, THE BIG BILL, WE PUT THE FIRST LAWS IN ALLOWING LEASES FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. |
| 00:00:20 | THAT'S WHAT HAS BROUGHT THE DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY'RE ALL WORRIED ABOUT. |
| 00:00:25 | IT'S A RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT LEASE, AND NOW THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANY, AS YOU PUT, IT THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANY RULES, REGULATIONS. |
| 00:00:33 | SO TO STOP IT DEAD AFTER WE GOT A GOOD START BECAUSE WE UNDERSTOOD, SHELL OIL WAS READY TO TRY A NEW PROCESS, REMEMBER? |
| 00:00:43 | , WHEN THEY WERE GOING TO SPEND MORE THAN A FEW BILLION DOLLARS ON IT? |
| 00:00:47 | WE FOUND THAT OUT. WE SAID, WELL, WE OUGHT TO AT LEAST GIVE THEM A CHANCE, AND WE DID, THANKS TO YOU. |
| 00:00:51 | AND NOW THEY WON'T LET US VOTE ON GETTING RID OF A MORATORIUM SO THAT'S DEAD IN THE WATER TOO, THAT GREAT BIG RESOURCE. |
| 00:00:58 | MR. ALLARD: YEAH. |
| 00:00:59 | MADAM PRESIDENT, I THANK THE SENATOR FROM NEW MEXICO FOR HIS GRACIOUS REMARKS. |
| 00:01:03 | AND, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IT'S A STATEMENT OF HIS STATESMANSHIP TO ACTUALLY GO AND VISIT THE SITE AND FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON. |
| 00:01:09 | THAT'S WHY HE MAKES SUCH A GREAT LEGISLATOR HERE IN THE U. |
| 00:01:14 | S. SENATE. |
| 00:01:15 | I -- I'M SICK -- I'M WITH MY COLLEAGUES, YOU KNOW, I'M SICK |
Mr. DOMENICI. Before I leave, I want to say to the Senator from Colorado, who is standing here patiently, that he might recall that the Senator from New Mexico went up and visited Colorado and Utah to see the oil shale before we had the big bill, where we put everything together.
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