Kent Conrad: “Fifteen minutes. All right. Then on our side, it would be Senator Harkin for approximately 30 minutes.”

The new improvised system was not adequate.

It lifts the bottom. It asks those of us at the top to take a little less of an increase than we might have expected.

We did a whole series of things in our Social Security reform not to discourage people from working, but to encourage them to continue working if they are able to do so.

We ought to reestablish this benefit for survivors and those affected by disability.