Pete Domenici: “I'm very glad that the person that's held this up, without cluttering up the record, is gone.”

He has been fair in almost everything he's done.

I do not think I have said verbally that I favor the extension.

You cannot imagine being on my side of the aisle now, where I cannot do what you do.

I want each one of you to know I am trying to look you right in the eyes and tell you that, in the U.S. Senate, you happen to be the super committee.