Kent Conrad: “The commitment we made to the Secretary's people was we would get him out of here at 12:15, and we are close to that.”

This Retirement Security Plan structure that we have suggested I think would go a long way toward dealing with these issues.

I think there is just a tremendous opportunity here, and I really applaud the two of you for doing this in a bipartisan way.

There is going to be a 23-percent cut across the board by 2034.

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