Kent Conrad: “Senator Gregg and I, who joined together after 2 years of working together on a proposal, were delighted to get 53 votes…”

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

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.

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

All the talk in the world doesn't matter if you don't actually get something done in the real world.