We have never in the history of the country raised more than roughly 18 percent of our GDP in Federal revenues.

Social Security is a vital program for all Americans. We need to be good stewards of its services and benefits.

Sadly, we lack the political will to do anything about it.

We cannot run the biggest business in the world that way.

The status of Social Security is critical for millions of Americans.

As Governor of Nebraska, I recognized that all Social Security benefits should be completely tax free, and that is why I worked hard to pass a historic law that would phaseout the State income tax on Social Security benefits over a period…

We can't take the hit here when we are running now $2 trillion deficits, and Social Security is the biggest program we got out there.

We have never in the history of the country raised more than roughly 18 percent of our GDP in Federal revenues.

We cannot run the biggest business in the world that way.

Government, you know, where it has gone to. It has got to get back down into where people for basic questions in any government agency don't have to hang on to the phone more than a few minutes at the most.

I ask unanimous consent that the preamble be agreed to and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The…

I ran a business for 37 years, and if we ever had any kind of irregularities that would have been in the category of what you hear here, somebody gets fired.

I come to the floor this evening to talk about our national debt, and I will be introducing a resolution here in a moment. Our national debt, to put it in perspective, had never been much before the year 2000. Cumulatively, it was $5…

What kind of confidence does that give you that the entirety of it, with Social Security at the centerpiece, is going to be there for future generations?

What kind of confidence does that give you that the entirety of it, with Social Security at the centerpiece, is going to be there for future generations?

Government, you know, where it has gone to. It has got to get back down into where people for basic questions in any government agency don't have to hang on to the phone more than a few minutes at the most.

I ask unanimous consent that I be permitted to complete my remarks, which I have done, followed by Senator Padilla, for up to 5 minutes prior to the scheduled rollcall vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

We would like your office to get back to kind of categorize to the best of your ability to do it, how much fraud would be a part of Social Security.