Kent Conrad: “Perhaps I heard that incorrectly. There is no objection on this side. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…”

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.

If you had to reduce it to a word, I would reduce it to 'globalization.'

We tried to include some of these ideas in our Social Security reform package, to actually provide incentives in the system for people to continue to work.

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