Pete Domenici: “I am sure I am not alone in worrying about them hurting our economy.”

To me, it does not [seem like a good tax].

Frankly, I think we gave you a plan that is really doable.

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

I believe that that has to happen. I guess the rest is, I hope it happens, and the sooner the better, in my mind.