Kent Conrad: “We have got to get off the road of spending and borrowing and get on the road to a lean and productive Government.”

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

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

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.

We owe it to these men and women to strengthen our retirement system.