Kent Conrad: “I yield the time to the ranking member on the Finance Committee, Senator Baucus.”

This Retirement Security Plan structure that we have suggested I think would go a long way toward dealing with these issues.

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

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

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.