Kent Conrad: “And Senator Coburn after that. We are trying to put colleagues on notice. That is basically the speaking order. At this…”

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

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.

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