Kent Conrad: “I think it is important to my constituents and certainly to me that we fully review the events of this last year.”

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

We admire that, and I can say on both sides of the aisle, people recognize the job he did as Budget Committee Chairman.

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…

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