Kent Conrad: “It is important that the Federal Government maintain its responsible share in dealing with the transit costs.”

It takes guts to do that, and Chairman Arrington, you have certainly led the charge on having a commission.

I wish I could look you in the eye and say, you know, if we just had the will, we could reverse this, and we could go back to a time when defined benefit plans were on the increase. I do not think that is in the cards.

Fully 64 percent of the American people said they were worried about not having enough money for retirement.

I thought he was an outstanding Committee Chairman, and my former intern has succeeded him in his Congressional seat.