Pete Domenici: “I want to offer an opportunity for a couple of Senators who would be very adversely affected by the Senator's amendment…”

“I want to offer an opportunity for a couple of Senators who would be very adversely affected by the Senator's amendment to speak, not as long as the Senator did, but for some period of time. I am going to make one observation and then ask consent. I say to Senators, they should know, for instance, under this amendment the State of Arkansas will have 151 percent increase; the State of Louisiana will have 170 percent; New Mexico would have an increase of 3 percent; California would have a reduction of $1.2 billion, a 31 percent reduction, New York a reduction of 49 percent; Massachusetts, 50 percent; and on and on. I think some of those Senators might want to come down and make their case as to why the formula should be based on what they have been putting into the program during the immediate past decade or so.”