Pete Domenici: “I think what I am going to do is go to the Admiral and then have a few questions and observations before I get to Dr.…”

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

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

He has been fair in almost everything he's done.

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.