Kent Conrad: “We're asking for visionary leadership from you, Senator Conrad.”

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

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

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

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.