Pete Domenici: “If that is happening, I think that is private sector.”

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

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

We are fortunate, and we want to make sure you know that what you get, the work product you get, is bipartisan.

I want to remind the committee again, and I will say it to you, Senator Snowe, remember, our package was put together by Democrats and Republicans, so we do not come here starting with one side or the other.