Kent Conrad: “The regular legislative process is simply not going to get it done.”

The new improvised system was not adequate.

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

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

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.