Kent Conrad: “I have my own view, and I am going to try it out on each of you.”

It was incredibly important that we not only made Social Security solvent, but we lifted the bottom 20 percent dramatically.

You know, we did have discussions. One of the things on this commission, because of its makeup and the diversity of views on this commission, and the extraordinary difficulty of coming together on Social Security, which we thought was the…

Social Security's financial challenge affects nearly our entire society, and the solutions will require a broad-based approach.

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