Kent Conrad: “We appreciate, very much, the attributions of Keenan Cooper and the sacrifice, the ultimate sacrifice that he paid for…”

We tried to include some of these ideas in our Social Security reform package, to actually provide incentives in the system for people to continue to work.

We did a whole series of things in our Social Security reform not to discourage people from working, but to encourage them to continue working if they are able to do so.

That I like to call the 'Conrad provision.'

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.