Kent Conrad: “I also should advise members and their staffs that tomorrow we will have the Secretary of Treasury, Mr. Geithner, here…”

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.

I urge you to vote for the confirmation of Dave Turk. I urge you to do it quickly.

I thought he was an outstanding Committee Chairman, and my former intern has succeeded him in his Congressional seat.

Social Security's financial challenge affects nearly our entire society, and the solutions will require a broad-based approach.