Today's proposal would raise more from the very wealthiest, keep benefits intact, and shore up Social Security and Medic...
So income inequality has a pernicious effect on Social Security solvency unless we take steps to address both income ine...
you cannot have a serious conversation about our nation's fiscal situation if you only focus on non-defense, discretiona...
Social Security is the bedrock of retirement security, and the nation's most effective anti-poverty program.
We have a responsibility to act because we are one of the highest per capita emitters.
I think that would be the logical next step.
Climate change is real. It is costing lives. It is costing jobs. It is costing money out of the pockets of working peopl...
my Medicare and Social Security Fair Share Act would fix that by requiring contributions to Social Security on wages abo...
Those making more than $400,000.00 in investment income would contribute just like those who are earning wages.
President Biden made a proposal, which is that we solve the Social Security problem without benefit cuts.
If we are going to have a conversation of some kind that is not going to happen unless we have a Republican proposal to ...
the only ways to ensure Social Security remains solvent is to either raise revenue, or cut benefits
we also believe that there ought to be some fairness.
I've spent enough time in the Senate to think that freewheeling chat among Senators is rarely productive.
Social Security has been a major triumph of American policy.
It is unconscionable that many of our colleagues are trying to slow that progress.
I urge once again that we take climate change seriously.
