Kent Conrad: “If it is agreeable to the chairman, I have a report I am supposed to do at the luncheon that is going on. If I could…”

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…

The surviving spouse provisions are especially important with regard to offsetting some of the unfairness that exists elsewhere.

Well, you got a terrific one with her.

The new improvised system was not adequate.