Kent Conrad: “I think we do have a real challenge if so many new Senators do not know the history here.”

You know, we did have discussions. One of the things on this commission, because of its makeup and the diversity of views on this commission, and the extraordinary difficulty of coming together on Social Security, which we thought was the…

It takes guts to do that, and Chairman Arrington, you have certainly led the charge on having a commission.

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

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