Kent Conrad: “The American people know there is waste in Government, and they expect us to do something about it.”

Can I just respond quickly, Mr. Chairman, and say when Simpson-Bowles went down, a group of six of us in the Senate, three Democrats, three Republicans, were asked by leadership to see if we couldn't come up with a way forward to adopt the…

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

Millions of Americans are financially unprepared for their retirement.

Social Security's financial challenge affects nearly our entire society, and the solutions will require a broad-based approach.