Kent Conrad: “Just sticking with what has been done is not good enough.”

All the talk in the world doesn't matter if you don't actually get something done in the real world.

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 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.