It does disturb me that some of the proposals we see from my Republican colleagues call for nothing but cuts to the bene...
Social Security will be unable to pay benefits promised in the future, and how the program needs to be strengthened for ...
I don't think any of us up here--on this side, anyway--want to raise taxes. But we will have to see what falls out.
I don't think there are very many of us that want to impose a tax on any state.
Yes, and small businesses--our studies indicate that is where most of the jobs are created.
I agree with your last statement, wholeheartedly.
Congress needs to act, and the sooner we do so, the sooner we can protect those who are most vulnerable.
And the reality is that today we have a system that has never failed the American public.
I do believe, Mr. Chairman, like you, that there is a chance for some bipartisan cooperation in dealing with the future ...
When Social Security first began, the payroll tax was only 2 percent--evenly split between employers and employees--on t...
U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson (R-TX), Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security a...
Despite these tax increases, Social Security is still in trouble.
At a time when all Americans are suffering through difficult economic times, I don't believe we want to see our seniors ...
Workers' hard-earned payroll taxes fund the majority of the benefits Social Security pays out each year.
Social Security is not overly generous. Social Security hasn't gotten too big when it comes to what it provides to Ameri...
Thank you. You know, you guys didn't talk about raising the age limit at all. I am surprised.
As a heart surgeon, I had the tremendous privilege of operating on thousands of Medicare beneficiaries, and I can tell y...
Last Congress, the Democratically controlled Congress, passed a health care overhaul and a stimulus bill that were suppo...
