Reducing our dependence on foreign energy - that is critically important to America's economic future. Excellence in education - if we're not the bes…

- Kent Conrad

It is vital that we provide North Dakota's children with nutritionally sound diets. That means ensuring that they are getting plenty of fresh fruits …

- Kent Conrad

When Republicans used reconciliation in 2001 for the Bush tax cuts, they used it to increase the deficit. The whole purpose of reconciliation is for …

- Kent Conrad

America was founded on majority rule, not supermajority rule. Somehow, over the years, this has morphed into supermajority rule, and that changes thi…

- Kent Conrad

The only possible role that I can see for reconciliation would be to make modest changes in the major package to improve affordability, to deal with …

- Kent Conrad

The President is not squaring with the American people as to the seriousness of our nation's fiscal condition. It is time for people to stand up and …

- Kent Conrad

So I put that all together and I find it makes it hard to justify a filibuster.

- Kent Conrad

Reconciliation cannot be used to pass comprehensive health care reform. It won't work because it was never designed for that kind of significant legi…

- Kent Conrad

I've had lengthy discussions with European farm leaders. It is clear they have an agricultural strategy to support their producers and gain dominance…

- Kent Conrad