Kent Conrad: “The Senator would like to know your thoughts on whether the act should be amended to provide authority for an emergency…”

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

I urge you to vote for the confirmation of Dave Turk. I urge you to do it quickly.

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.

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.