Social Security's financial challenge affects nearly our entire society, and the solutions will require a broad-based approach.

Social Security's financial challenge affects nearly our entire society, and the solutions will require a broad-based approach.

It takes guts to do that, and Chairman Arrington, you have certainly led the charge on having a commission.

The one thing I know for sure is that what is happening now is not working.

Can I just respond quickly, Mr. Chairman, and say when Simpson-Bowles went down, a group of six of us in the Senate, three Democrats, three Republicans, were asked by leadership to see if we couldn't come up with a way forward to adopt the…

We admire that, and I can say on both sides of the aisle, people recognize the job he did as Budget Committee Chairman.

I thought he was an outstanding Committee Chairman, and my former intern has succeeded him in his Congressional seat.

all the talk in the world doesn't matter if you don't actually get something done in the real world.

I urge you to vote for the confirmation of Dave Turk. I urge you to do it quickly.

I would just say in this whole area of lifetime income options, there is a tremendous opportunity here.

the new improvised system was not adequate.