Kent Conrad: “Rebuilding this city will take years.”

Fully 64 percent of the American people said they were worried about not having enough money for retirement.

We admire that, and I can say on both sides of the aisle, people recognize the job he did as Budget Committee Chairman.

If you are really going to relieve me of the administrative burden, if you are going to really relieve me of the liability, if you are going to really relieve me of the cost other than the payroll transfer.

We also increase the payroll tax very modestly, from the current combined rate of 12.4 percent to 13.4 percent over 10 years.