Pete Domenici: “I think they are poised to be one of the centers of excellence in this area.”

I just celebrated my 80th, you know.

I think it is very important, for some of you who have gone through lame duck, to make sure that you know it is not the best choice of an arena to which you would assign the solution of major problems.

If indeed you intend to have a bipartisan solution, then obviously you have to do some of the things we are talking about, some give-and-take.

We are now talking about something different. We are talking about the ratio of debt-to-GDP.