Pete Domenici: “First of all, Mr. President, these Senators who offered this sense-of-the-Senate amendment deserve the highest…”

“First of all, Mr. President, these Senators who offered this sense-of-the-Senate amendment deserve the highest accolades. They are attempting, in this sense-of-the-Senate resolution, to address issues that are profoundly important to the future. What we have the most difficulty with as legislators, Senators, Representatives and, I must say, even Presidents, is addressing future problems, because it is so easy to talk about only current problems and the current status of programs, and, for some reason, it is very difficult, even if the facts are known, to address issues that are clearly out there, which are going to be very damaging to our seniors, or to young people, or to our economy 10, 12, 15, 20 years out.”