Keeping Social Security's promises to current and future generations will require that policymakers strengthen the program's revenues.

The program's financing gap can be more than fully addressed without cutting benefits.

As most viewers will understand, the Budget Committee has very specific responsibilities related to the actual budget process.

Reforming Social Security's payroll tax cap could close more than 100 percent of the long-term financing gap.

These cliffs, I think, are really hard for people that get caught by surprise by them, and they are also, it seems to me, pretty terrible just public policy.

I would just like to ask you if you would be willing to work with me, and I know Senator Wyden is interested in this on the Finance Committee as well, in a general look at how to do cliff smoothing.

I have been pretty candid about my views about our Tax Code. I assert that our Tax Code has been corrupted by special interests.

Thank you, Senator Braun, for raising this. I am a co-sponsor of the bill. I appreciate your advocacy for it and your call for further support for it.

I am particularly grateful to them with their work.

Reforming Social Security's payroll tax cap could close more than 100 percent of the long-term financing gap.

I am particularly grateful to them with their work.

Keeping Social Security's promises to current and future generations will require that policymakers strengthen the program's revenues.

Thank you, Senator Braun, for raising this. I am a co-sponsor of the bill. I appreciate your advocacy for it and your call for further support for it.

The program's financing gap can be more than fully addressed without cutting benefits.

I have been pretty candid about my views about our Tax Code. I assert that our Tax Code has been corrupted by special interests.

I assert that our Tax Code has been corrupted by special interests, that powerful interests rich enough to pay for lobbyists and fund Super PACs have looted our tax system to make themselves even richer.

I would just like to ask you if you would be willing to work with me, and I know Senator Wyden is interested in this on the Finance Committee as well, in a general look at how to do cliff smoothing.

As most viewers will understand, the Budget Committee has very specific responsibilities related to the actual budget process.