Pete Domenici: “Is it appropriate now for the Senator from New Mexico to speak? The PRESIDING OFFICER. It is appropriate.”

But that is compared to current policy--current policy. If we would compare your plan to current law, it is actually a tax cut.

The two of us have done this budgeting differently because we have done it bipartisanly from the very beginning.

It is clear from this example that good things can happen when we open up more areas for drilling in a responsible manner.

Without the President we do not get it done ought to be the hue and cry from the Congress and the people of this country.