Kent Conrad: “Rural transportation needs are vital to the Nation.”

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

I am eager to hear from our panelists to get a better sense of all the options they considered and how they reached consensus on the final report.

I urge you to vote for the confirmation of Dave Turk. I urge you to do it quickly.

It was incredibly important that we not only made Social Security solvent, but we lifted the bottom 20 percent dramatically.