Kent Conrad actually said...

We need to help our colleagues understand what the risk is of a failure to address our long-term imbalances.

Kent Conrad stresses the importance of addressing long-term fiscal imbalances.

01/07/2009

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Next year, we think we're about $10 billion short in the Trust Fund of meeting the requirements from the previous transportation bill.

The Trust Fund is running out of money, will run out of money, we estimate, in August.

I believe it was absolutely essential to prevent a collapse.

the budget that I wrote that my colleagues have agreed to is designed to meet that need at that higher level