Kent Conrad: “Well, that is about as clear as it can be. Lethal is pretty strong. And, frankly, I agree with it. I believe that.”

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…

If we are going to make this whole system solvent, it is going to take everybody to give a little bit.

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.

The new improvised system was not adequate.