Kent Conrad: “I believe it is absolutely essential, once we have economic recovery underway, that we pivot and take on our long-term…”

I would just say in this whole area of lifetime income options, there is a tremendous opportunity here.

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

We owe it to these men and women to strengthen our retirement system.

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