Kent Conrad: “Perhaps we can ask for a unanimous consent request to lock in these next Senators so people know who is waiting.”

I think there is just a tremendous opportunity here, and I really applaud the two of you for doing this in a bipartisan way.

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

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.

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