Kent Conrad: “If we are not the best educated people in the world, we cannot long expect to be the most powerful country in the world.”

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.

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

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

The one thing I know for sure is that what is happening now is not working.