Kent Conrad: “Very few Senators dig into as many topics and as in-depth a way as Senator Wyden.”

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

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

Social Security's financial challenge affects nearly our entire society, and the solutions will require a broad-based approach.

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…