Pete Domenici: “I have read through the 6-page document that the distinguished Senator from Massachusetts has submitted as his proposal…”

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.

That is clearly a part of it, no question.

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.