Kent Conrad: “What happens, if you take a prescription drug benefit out of the Medicare trust fund, to the solvency of the Medicare…”

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

Millions of Americans are financially unprepared for their retirement.

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