Pete Domenici: “They grow anything you like in New Mexico. It is all sweet, aromatic, and beautiful. Mr. President, I want to make a few…”

“They grow anything you like in New Mexico. It is all sweet, aromatic, and beautiful. Mr. President, I want to make a few points. First of all, I am very glad, even though I did not intend to during this budget debate, to go through a litany of what Republicans have stood for and what we have accomplished, nor do I intend at this moment to go through all of the things the President asked for that he didn't get. I would like to make just a couple of comments. First of all, I believe that I should be very proud of being a Republican because I don't believe without Republicans pushing for a balanced budget this President would ever have gotten to the point where he would have been for a balanced budget, much less negotiating one with us. I think history will reveal that. It was very hard to get him to come to that point. I am not now offering this as a critical thing but merely saying that Republicans--since my friend Senator Lautenberg chose to have a great litany of Democratic things the Democratic Party has done--I am very pleased to be part of the party that actually pushed this country and its leaders to get a balanced budget.”