Kent Conrad: “The President has put in place a Fiscal Commission. Senator Gregg and I tried to get that Commission authorized by law.”

Forty-six percent of the American people would have a hard time coming up with $400 for an emergency car repair.

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

The consequence of failure has to be made clear.

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