Pete Domenici: “At that time, you committed to getting us some concepts in legislative language regarding this issue.”

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.

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.

To redress the balance between the Government acting in its discretionary capacity and the individual