As a result of the current universal benefit, the poverty rate for seniors in America is about 10%. Without the universal benefit, it would be over 50%.

It’s certainly possible that drastically altering the Social Security system might affect women differently than it would affect men.

The more we know about this threat, the more we know we have to act to defend against it.

As we discussed earlier today, any money borrowed for the Social Security trust fund has been guaranteed with special U.S. Treasury bonds.

Nearly 11 million undocumented immigrants currently live within our borders. That’s 11 million people living in the shadows whom we know next to nothing about.

Either the industry will police itself — and, so far, two of the three large wholesalers have decided to do that — or Congress will pass legislation that protects Americans from counterfeit drugs, … I...

As you know, Social Security functions under the premise that today’s workers will help finance benefits for retirees and that these workers will then be supported by the next generation of workers paying into the...

Our Nation’s immigration laws are disrespected both by those who cross our borders illegally and by the businesses that hire those illegal immigrants.

People come here to drink and enjoy the beautiful New York skyline, but this makes it harder for them to enjoy themselves,

Because there still exists a significant pay gap, women tend to earn less than men over the course of their lifetimes. Compounding the problem, women tend to spend less time in the workforce than men.

Plus, 40% of our debt is owned by foreign interest. I can’t support a plan that passes along cost burden to our children and makes us more reliant on foreign dollars.

It’s gotten way over the top.

For these reasons, women tend to rely more heavily on Social Security in their retirement than do men.

Since Social Security was established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 to ensure economic security for American workers, poverty among American seniors has dramatically declined.

This is a full-scale assault on middle-class homeowners, and we need even at this early moment to indicate to the president that we’ll bear any burden to defend against it. We ought to take a...

I actually share her view and understand her frustration when any government attempts to ban secular symbols like Santa Claus or Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer or Christmas lights.

now seeking an appropriation for an elevator for Anthony Hall.

The President and I agree that Social Security needs to be preserved so that we can ensure that all Americans receive the retirement benefits they’ve been promised. But we disagree as to how best to...

There was a dose of reality that I have not heard before. Frankly I found it refreshing.

I always try to keep my constituents as up-to-date as possible with what’s going on here in Washington.

At the rate we’re going, that should cover the cost of one full tank,

The Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act would expand research on embryonic stem cells by increasing the number of lines stem cells that would be eligible for federally funded research.

In my view, Hurricane Katrina has just become a good old-fashioned excuse for price gouging by the oil companies, … We can’t have a winter strategic energy plan with sweaters and propane heaters.

I am enormously concerned with our Nation’s lack of border security and the dysfunctional nature of our current immigration system.

Frankly, I found it refreshing.

There just aren’t enough Americans in the workforce to pay our retirees the benefits they’ve been promised – unless we make some changes.

[Seniors] believe they need a Nobel Prize in mathematics to understand this program, … They are confused and this booklet just worsens it.

I believe that as a nation we must have a bipartisan discussion about how to best preserve and protect Social Security for our seniors and for future generations of Americans.

It’s actually a refreshing acknowledgment by the Air Force that it had real problems that needed to be corrected, … It’s a good step forward.

You can be sure that I will always consider how changes to Social Security will impact people with disabilities when considering the various proposals offered for reform.

If we don’t stop cutting these Medicare reimbursements, the only people who will be able to afford these treatments will be wealthy people,

I believe that social security should be a universal retirement guarantee and not means tested.

This isn’t just about Tom DeLay,

After 9/11, the businesses in my district and throughout the New York metropolitan area saw firsthand the result of a lack of availability of terrorism insurance.

It is estimated that raising the retirement age to 70 would cut the shortfall by about 36%. But this proposal has some drawbacks. Women and men who have worked jobs that require manual labor all...

This is what happens when you have one party running the whole deal,