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China, Japan, and every major corporation in America knows the same thing, and they are waiting to be paid, as well.

I think you have made that very clear, Mr. Chairman.

The more we acknowledge that today Social Security is paying benefits on time and in full, and has always done that for more than 75 years, and that it will continue to do so for another good 20-some-odd years, it becomes very important.

I would like to begin, first, by acknowledging something the chairman said, that we are looking at somewhere around 2036 before Social Security will face a situation where it doesn't go broke.

I think you talked about how you have to figure out how you broaden the base in a fair way.

These earned benefits would be taken directly from beneficiaries.

I would like the President of the United States either to defend his Chief of Staff's actions or at least say that the actions of this board could have dire economic consequences for all States.

The President, who I want to see be successful, because when he fails, we all fail. But his actions are leading us down the wrong path.

Washington is dysfunctional.

My concern is the chilling effect that this action is having not just across South Carolina and Washington State, but throughout the United States and throughout the world.

Union employees have every right to strike. That is a protected right that I agree with.

It seems to be a thought police type situation here.

Well, if Boeing has retaliated by adding 2,000 jobs in South Carolina, 1,000 jobs in Washington State, $6.1 billion investment in this State, then I hope Boeing continues to retaliate against us and every other State in the country because…

But we believe that if someone wants to unionize, they have that right, and they should be able afforded that right, and it should be reflected in their vote. Not by intimidation from the employer's perspective or a union's perspective.

It is my personal belief, Mr. Chairman, that an individual's vote, whether it be for a Member of Congress or whether it be to unionize, that your vote be between you and your maker, not be between you and your employer or you and a…

The board's audacity to file this complaint constitutes the shot heard round the business world.

Neither the board nor the Federal Government should make private business decisions.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Hawaii will be postponed.

Imagine a Congressional hearing entitled 'The Threat of Black Radicalization in U.S. Prisons.'

The very title of this hearing presumes that 'Muslim Americans' en masse are radicalized in U.S. prisons and pose a threat.

Continuing to single out a religious or racial minority is no way to keep America safe.

Violent extremism is indeed a serious concern to all Americans, and is the legitimate business of this committee.

Social Security has never once failed to pay earned benefits on time and in full, even through 13 recessions.

The most immediate dangers to Social Security are the reckless cuts to its operating budget that put at risk its ability to deliver earned benefits on time in the right amount.