Kent Conrad actually said...

If we don't have a plan that all of us basically think has got merit, it will be abandoned.

I hope is not waiting around for the health care bill, which has a lot of important building blocks in it, to pass.

I hope there will be an opportunity for the Congress to reconsider its rejection of the Conrad-Gregg proposal.

These things contribute to the economic strength of the country or the depletion of our strength.