Pete Domenici: “I thank you very much, and I want to say to the chairman that I would like to join in a more in-depth briefing if you…”

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

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 are fortunate, and we want to make sure you know that what you get, the work product you get, is bipartisan.

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.