Pete Domenici: “that is 15 minutes in opposition, plus 5 minutes for me. There will be 20 minutes in opposition. The PRESIDING OFFICER.…”

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.

Might I say, Senator Nelson, I forgot, and I want to second the motion that the best way to get growth in an economy is to have lower marginal rates.

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

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