Kent Conrad: “We cannot rest until temporary flood protection is a thing of the past.”

Social Security's financial challenge affects nearly our entire society, and the solutions will require a broad-based approach.

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

I do, and I made that argument to the commission, and others on the commission made some of the points that you are making now.

I thought he was an outstanding Committee Chairman, and my former intern has succeeded him in his Congressional seat.