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

I wish I could look you in the eye and say, you know, if we just had the will, we could reverse this, and we could go back to a time when defined benefit plans were on the increase. I do not think that is in the cards.

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.

All the talk in the world doesn't matter if you don't actually get something done in the real world.

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