Pete Domenici listens to testimony during a 1997 hearing. He has served on the Budget, Indian Affairs, Energy and Appropriations committees and carved a legislative niche that will be apparent for decades to come. "Out of all the elected officials in the 95 years that New Mexico has been a state, Domenici has to overshadow everyone because of the depth and breadth of the issues he's been involved with," says Sherman McCorkle, a longtime supporter.