Kent Conrad actually said...

I believe the risk to Medicare and Social Security recipients is a failure to act in a timely way to deal with the long-term debt trajectory that virtually every expert that has come before this Committee says is unsustainable.

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Conrad emphasizes the urgent need to address long-term debt to protect Medicare and Social Security.

01/27/2010

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