Kent Conrad: “These things contribute to the economic strength of the country or the depletion of our strength.”

We ought to reestablish this benefit for survivors and those affected by disability.

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

It lifts the bottom. It asks those of us at the top to take a little less of an increase than we might have expected.

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