Pete Domenici: “I make a point of order on the Conrad amendment. On the next amendment, does the Senator from North Dakota want to raise…”

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.

It is not a typical bill. It is very difficult to understand.

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 believe that that has to happen. I guess the rest is, I hope it happens, and the sooner the better, in my mind.