Pete Domenici: “The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Murkowski.) The Senator from New Mexico is recognized.”

I want to say to you first, as a former Republican Senator, remember that we put our plan together starting with bipartisan membership.

I am not sure it is happening. We have to wait a little bit longer.

If it is adopted, or something close to it, you will have fixed, in our opinion, a major problem with Medicare.

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