Kent Conrad: “What is realistic is to deal with these changes in a way that does expand access, that does expand the opportunity for…”

That I like to call the 'Conrad provision.'

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

We did a whole series of things in our Social Security reform not to discourage people from working, but to encourage them to continue working if they are able to do so.

Can I just respond quickly, Mr. Chairman, and say when Simpson-Bowles went down, a group of six of us in the Senate, three Democrats, three Republicans, were asked by leadership to see if we couldn't come up with a way forward to adopt the…