Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM), ranking Republican on the Senate Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, revealed Monday that the group is 'less a Senate subcommittee than a big family. '[Senator] Harry [Reid (D-NV)] isn't just chairman of our subcommittee. He's more like a dad to us,' Domenici said. 'We can talk to him about anything that's troubling us, even if it has nothing to do with the allocation of hydroelectric power.' 