Kent Conrad: “I was going to take some time at this moment on the same subject. I, too, regret we have gotten onto the PATRIOT Act…”

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.

Organize and educate I think are the two keys to getting anything big through Congress.

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

if we are going to make this whole system solvent, it is going to take everybody to give a little bit.