Kent Conrad: “I sense there is a feeling here that we have got to get some of these things done that are hanging out there.”

I have seen retired schoolteachers have to go back to work in their 70's after their husbands have died or their wives have died.

It takes guts to do that, and Chairman Arrington, you have certainly led the charge on having a commission.

We admire that, and I can say on both sides of the aisle, people recognize the job he did as Budget Committee Chairman.

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