Kent Conrad: “We can put together a credible, responsible, realistic bipartisan budget plan, and this year we need to finish the job.”

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

Millions of Americans are financially unprepared for their retirement.

It takes guts to do that, and Chairman Arrington, you have certainly led the charge on having a commission.