Kent Conrad actually said...

I have just gone through an exercise to get the deficit down to 3 percent of GDP by the fifth year of the budget period and to balance by th...

Spending has got to be adjusted, and yes, that means Social Security and Medicare have to get on a lower growth trend.

I can't speak for Senator Gregg, but he and I have gone on this effort to have a commission, because we have been convinced you have got to ...

I wish we had been more successful in persuading our colleagues to have a bigger package.