Pete Domenici: “I am appreciative. I thank the Senator so much. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.”

If indeed you intend to have a bipartisan solution, then obviously you have to do some of the things we are talking about, some give-and-take.

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

I am sure people are scratching their heads, as I am, wondering, why is the President not sitting down with top congressional leaders and saying, how do we avoid this, as opposed to, I am sad to say, the President does not seem very…

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