Kent Conrad: “There are more cuts coming. I mean, you can write it down. It is going to happen.”

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

The surviving spouse provisions are especially important with regard to offsetting some of the unfairness that exists elsewhere.

There is going to be a 23-percent cut across the board by 2034.

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