Pete Domenici: “Is the Senator finished? I notice she is still standing. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Does the Senator from Washington…”

Unless you fix Medicare, you cannot fix this deficit.

We just have to say, that is not what is going to happen.

I want each one of you to know I am trying to look you right in the eyes and tell you that, in the U.S. Senate, you happen to be the super committee.

It cries out for flexibility to save money, to do things right, to prevent harming people when they do not have to be.