Pete Domenici: “What I sent to the desk is a bill we will now call S. 2095, the comprehensive bill that we took to the Senate floor that…”

“What I sent to the desk is a bill we will now call S. 2095, the comprehensive bill that we took to the Senate floor that Senator Dorgan alluded to. It was H.R. 6. We heard arguments that it was too expensive. This bill is no longer expensive. As a matter of fact, it is negative cost. It puts money back in the Treasury. We heard that Republicans could not vote for it, and some Democrats, because of MTBE. That is out of this bill. It is no longer there. I went back to the drawing board, took out direct spending, the raising of revenue was taken out of this bill, and it was put in another bill. So there is no raising of revenue that goes in this bill. It is in the tax bill that will be up next week. What I came to the floor of the Senate to do, and I say this to the distinguished acting leader of the minority, was to see, rather than piecemeal this bill, if we couldn't get an agreement that S. 2095 could become the subject matter and that we may have three or four or five amendments to a side.”