Pete Domenici: “Are we finished? Is the Senator finished with his time? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate?”

I think it is very important, for some of you who have gone through lame duck, to make sure that you know it is not the best choice of an arena to which you would assign the solution of major problems.

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

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

For it to survive, you have to end up putting revenue into the mix.