Kent Conrad: “There will be no long-term extension of the debt without this being included.”

It was incredibly important that we not only made Social Security solvent, but we lifted the bottom 20 percent dramatically.

I do, and I made that argument to the commission, and others on the commission made some of the points that you are making now.

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

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