Kent Conrad actually said...

I can't speak for Senator Gregg, but he and I have gone on this effort to have a commission, because we have been convinced you have got to ...

I wish we had been more successful in persuading our colleagues to have a bigger package.

We have got the lowest revenue as a share of the economy in 60 years, the highest spending as a share of GDP in 60 years.

I believe the risk to Medicare and Social Security recipients is a failure to act in a timely way to deal with the long-term debt trajectory...