We need to watch out for... $300,000,000 that was wasted.

The price of delay gets higher every year, so the sooner we act the better.

Americans want, need, and deserve a Social Security program they can count on and understand.

What would happen to that population of women, who are going to continue to outlive men, if we were to cut benefits by, say, doing the chained CPI?

It will be there for them if we actually make a commitment as a Congress to protect Social Security benefits.

Social Security is facing the biggest challenge since 1983, and the longer we wait the harder it is going to be to fix.

I would humbly submit that TSA should stick to security policy and allow the Department of Labor to interpret the applicability of labor laws to Federal contracts.

We have challenges policy-wise to Social Security that are long term. Today we face operating budget deficits in the billions, but Social Security has a surplus in the trillions.

The best thing that we can do if we do really care about Social Security... is to make sure we don't undermine the ability of the Social Security Administration.

It is no wonder that young people don't believe they will ever receive benefits.

Hardworking Americans are increasingly facing real challenges in being able to achieve a secure retirement.

the Subcommittee will hold an oversight hearing on what workers need to know about Social Security as they plan for their retirement.

Not only will Social Security be unable to pay full benefits in 2033 unless Congress acts, but the rules are so complex that workers need help in figuring out their benefits.

That is a far cry from being $8 billion to the Government.

Shame, shame.

Our committee meets this morning to consider the nomination of Dr. Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, to be Deputy Secretary of Energy.

I am ashamed that this Administration decimates Medicare, especially Medicare Advantage, to pay for Obamacare.

Last month, this subcommittee and the Subcommittee on Health held a hearing that showed the administration's failure to implement effective eligibility verification systems would result in billions of the dollars in improper payments going…