Kent Conrad: “Thank you for your time and cooperation, Senator Conrad and Committee Members.”

We admire that, and I can say on both sides of the aisle, people recognize the job he did as Budget Committee Chairman.

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

I do, and I made that argument to the commission, and others on the commission made some of the points that you are making now.

All the talk in the world doesn't matter if you don't actually get something done in the real world.