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On the recordSeptember 6, 2016
It was incredibly important that we not only made Social Security solvent, but we lifted the bottom 20 percent dramatically.
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Kent Conrad
Democratic · North Dakota

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Conrad highlights significant improvements to Social Security for low-income individuals.

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I would just say our Retirement Security Plans and our Retirement Security Clearinghouses are responding to the underlying dynamic that Professor Mead has done such a good job in describing.

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