Kent Conrad: “No, I won't yield. The Senator had his chance. I am going to respond, and then I will be happy to engage in debate.”

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…

Well, you got a terrific one with her.

The one thing I know for sure is that what is happening now is not working.

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