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

He has been fair in almost everything he's done.

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

I want to remind the committee again, and I will say it to you, Senator Snowe, remember, our package was put together by Democrats and Republicans, so we do not come here starting with one side or the other.

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.