Pete Domenici: “I just want to say, and then you certainly are welcome to comment, you used the word that we have been 'lucky' for the…”

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.

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 guess I would start by saying that he, Senator Alexander, he typifies the American Dream.

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