Pete Domenici: “I thank the Senator for at least recognizing that our amendment is not the worst amendment in the world. We greatly…”

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.

I think you raise a good point. We have to be careful about the issue you raised. It is a serious one.

That did not reduce any beneficiaries' benefits, it just cut the amounts that providers were otherwise getting.