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.
Yes, and small businesses--our studies indicate that is where most of the jobs are created.
I thank you all for being here today. This subcommittee will continue to monitor progress to make sure that Social Secur...
Despite these tax increases, Social Security is still in trouble.
U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson (R-TX), Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security a...
Workers' hard-earned payroll taxes fund the majority of the benefits Social Security pays out each year.
When Social Security first began, the payroll tax was only 2 percent--evenly split between employers and employees--on t...
Yes, it is negative overall, in my view, too.
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.
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 ...
Social Security will be unable to pay benefits promised in the future, and how the program needs to be strengthened for ...
Last Congress, the Democratically controlled Congress, passed a health care overhaul and a stimulus bill that were suppo...
As a heart surgeon, I had the tremendous privilege of operating on thousands of Medicare beneficiaries, and I can tell y...
So you are not consulting the medical community at all.
I want to put some real structure in place for the FCC, not just for clarity in the industry, but also to move it away f...
Medicare and Medicaid are important programs that are unfortunately unsustainable in their current form.
