I agree with the Chairman that our current deficits are not sustainable, and they are huge national security issue that needs to be dealt with on a bipartisan basis by having a credible plan to deal with the deficit.
Conrad emphasizes the unsustainability of current deficits and the need for a bipartisan solution.
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All the talk in the world doesn't matter if you don't actually get something done in the real world.
You know, we did have discussions. One of the things on this commission, because of its makeup and the diversity of views on this commission, and the extraordinary difficulty of coming together on Social Security, which we thought was the…
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