David Perdue actually said...

Well, what I am really interested in is what the potential is by discretionary and mandatory.

The number one crisis we have right now, in my mind, is our ability to fund our future unfunded liabilities.

I think we have agreed on two things today... One is that we have got to move to ensure that benefits are not reduced, period.

the idea that this is a trumped-up, phony crisis is absolutely ridiculous.