Kent Conrad: “I think we have to be very careful not to prematurely reduce the deficit because, in many ways, we are facing what the…”

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

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…

Millions of Americans are financially unprepared for their retirement.

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