Kent Conrad: “If we didn't have to pay the interest on the debt that was accumulated during the Reagan and Bush years, just those…”

Millions of Americans are financially unprepared for their retirement.

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

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…