Kent Conrad: “We just could not be more fortunate, and we thank you for your leadership, Senator Dorgan.”

I wish I could look you in the eye and say, you know, if we just had the will, we could reverse this, and we could go back to a time when defined benefit plans were on the increase. I do not think that is in the cards.

The surviving spouse provisions are especially important with regard to offsetting some of the unfairness that exists elsewhere.

What is going to happen to all the truck drivers of America when we have self-driving vehicles?

That I like to call the 'Conrad provision.'