Kent Conrad actually said...

I think they have got a heavy burden to carry to make the argument that we should add substantial costs to health care.

Conrad emphasizes the challenge of justifying increased healthcare spending amidst existing high costs.

01/07/2009

More Kent Conrad Quotes

The only thing worse than being for this is being against it.

I give him credit for stabilizing the debt, but it is stabilized at a level that is too high.

we did get 11 of 18 to agree--five Democrats, five Republicans, one Independent. And we reduced the debt $4 trillion over the next 10 years.

The President has to lead. The President has to say, 'This is what I would do to fix this problem.'