Kent Conrad: “The flooding was epic, there is no doubt about that.”

I would say personally I would not go to a company advising me on wealth management that did not have it because I think whoever is advising me ought to have as their highest responsibility to be giving me advice that is in my interest.

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

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.