Kent Conrad: “The Senator yesterday said he took it from the Finance Committee jurisdiction for mandatory spending. That is what the…”

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

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

I do, and I made that argument to the commission, and others on the commission made some of the points that you are making now.

All the talk in the world doesn't matter if you don't actually get something done in the real world.