Kent Conrad: “There is going to have to be flexibility on how the funds are used.”

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…

Forty-six percent of the American people would have a hard time coming up with $400 for an emergency car repair.

I think there is just a tremendous opportunity here, and I really applaud the two of you for doing this in a bipartisan way.

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