Kent Conrad: “We admire that, and I can say on both sides of the aisle, people recognize the job he did as Budget Committee Chairman.”

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.

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.

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…