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On the recordSeptember 6, 2016
You know, we did have discussions. One of the things on this commission, because of its makeup and the diversity of views on this commission, and the extraordinary difficulty of coming together on Social Security, which we thought was the single most important thing we could do, we focused on those things we thought we could reach agreement on.
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Kent Conrad
Democratic · North Dakota
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Discussing the challenges of reaching consensus on Social Security reform.

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