Kent Conrad: “Can I add just one other point? And that is that we also have the issue of floodplain.”

The one thing I know for sure is that what is happening now is not working.

I thought he was an outstanding Committee Chairman, and my former intern has succeeded him in his Congressional seat.

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.

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