Kent Conrad: “I want to just say this--and I fully anticipate the Senator may be critical of this budget, so I certainly respect his…”

“I want to just say this--and I fully anticipate the Senator may be critical of this budget, so I certainly respect his views. But I just want to say, after going through this budget process, that the Senator from New Mexico has been involved in the writing of 20 budgets, more than 20 budgets here, and my respect for him has grown geometrically after going through this one. I really do want to commend the Senator for what is truly an extraordinary thing, to be involved in more than 20 budgets for the United States.”