Kent Conrad: “And Congressman Peterson, I will tell you, you could not have a better partner in a fight than Collin Peterson.”

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

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.

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.