Kent Conrad: “No, I will not. I had a chance to listen and now I will have a chance to answer.”

I think there is just a tremendous opportunity here, and I really applaud the two of you for doing this in a bipartisan way.

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

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

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.