Kent Conrad: “$350 billion is a staggering amount of money. Staggering.”

The surviving spouse provisions are especially important with regard to offsetting some of the unfairness that exists elsewhere.

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

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.

Millions of Americans are financially unprepared for their retirement.