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.
Conrad emphasizes the urgent need to address long-term debt to protect Medicare and Social Security.
Share
More from Kent Conrad
I do, and I made that argument to the commission, and others on the commission made some of the points that you are making now.
It takes guts to do that, and Chairman Arrington, you have certainly led the charge on having a commission.
All the talk in the world doesn't matter if you don't actually get something done in the real world.
I urge you to vote for the confirmation of Dave Turk. I urge you to do it quickly.
Other voices in this conversation
