Kent Conrad: “I do not see any way around, and the question is timing.”

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

The bottom 20 percent of earners get a 35-percent increase over what is scheduled, a more than 60-percent increase over what is payable.

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.

We admire that, and I can say on both sides of the aisle, people recognize the job he did as Budget Committee Chairman.