Pete Domenici: “I understand the time is now reserved for the Senator from New Mexico to speak on the pending matter; is that correct?…”

I think you raise a good point. We have to be careful about the issue you raised. It is a serious one.

I guess I would start by saying that he, Senator Alexander, he typifies the American Dream.

We may not know all the answers that you seek of us because we did not have a lot of time to study in detail the more intricate health care issues.

That did not reduce any beneficiaries' benefits, it just cut the amounts that providers were otherwise getting.