Kent Conrad: “I have been a long-time opponent of biennial budgeting.”

I urge you to vote for the confirmation of Dave Turk. I urge you to do it quickly.

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

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

The new improvised system was not adequate.