Pete Domenici: “The country has to grow or there is nothing to split.”

I think that the last point that Dr. Rivlin made you can find in the report: that our plan is more progressive than the tax code we are replacing.

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.

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

We may not know all the answers that you seek of us because we did not have a lot of time to study in detail the more intricate health care issues.