Kent Conrad: “When we are borrowing as a nation 40 cents of every dollar we spend, no taxpayer can be wasted and no program can be…”

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

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…

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

Millions of Americans are financially unprepared for their retirement.