Kent Conrad: “Without jeopardizing her right to the floor, might I make a parliamentary inquiry? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…”

Can I just respond quickly, Mr. Chairman, and say when Simpson-Bowles went down, a group of six of us in the Senate, three Democrats, three Republicans, were asked by leadership to see if we couldn't come up with a way forward to adopt the…

I think there is just a tremendous opportunity here, and I really applaud the two of you for doing this in a bipartisan way.

You make very good points, by the way.

If you are really going to relieve me of the administrative burden, if you are going to really relieve me of the liability, if you are going to really relieve me of the cost other than the payroll transfer.