Kent Conrad: “I remind the Senator form Iowa it was entirely appropriate to use reconciliation in 1993 because that was a deficit…”

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

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

We did a whole series of things in our Social Security reform not to discourage people from working, but to encourage them to continue working if they are able to do so.

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