Pete Domenici: “I believe we're doing a tremendous job.”

The two of us have done this budgeting differently because we have done it bipartisanly from the very beginning.

Well, I would just say that, sometimes when we are working on trying to solve this fiscal problem, the recognition that a long-term fix is what is needed puts many people in the position that they do not know how you do that and do it now.

I think you raise a good point. We have to be careful about the issue you raised. It is a serious one.

I want to say to all of you that what we have produced by way of a budget, a plan, should really be taken seriously by all of you.