Billionaires are putting just half a cent of every $100,000.00 they make into Social Security.

We could raise revenue and save Social Security by simply asking the rich to finally pay their fair share.

Democrats took one of the biggest steps to strengthen Medicare in decades by giving it the ability to negotiate lower Medicare prescription drug prices.

Billionaires are putting just half a cent of every $100,000.00 they make into Social Security.

Today's proposal would raise more from the very wealthiest, keep benefits intact, and shore up Social Security and Medicare for the next 75 years.

It's done wonders for high-income folks in America, which is terrific until you have a Social Security problem, and paying a fair share from the most successful and privileged Americans, and then becomes an obvious place to bring the…

President Biden made a proposal, which is that we solve the Social Security problem without benefit cuts.

If we are going to have a conversation of some kind that is not going to happen unless we have a Republican proposal to work with, something that is distinct and clear and in writing.

I've spent enough time in the Senate to think that freewheeling chat among Senators is rarely productive.

If you are unwilling to even consider new revenue, or making the ultra-wealthy pay their fair share, then you are essentially saying that the only option left for Social Security are benefit cuts.

These risks to our economy are deadly serious.

Social Security has been a major triumph of American policy.

We certainly hope that the bipartisan expression at the State of Union, that Social Security cuts should be off the table was not just theater, but was actual truth.

Half of the seniors rely on Social Security for most of their income.

We certainly hope that the bipartisan expression at the State of Union, that Social Security cuts should be off the table was not just theater, but was actual truth.

Social Security is the bedrock of retirement security, and the nation's most effective anti-poverty program.

We could raise revenue and save Social Security by simply asking the rich to finally pay their fair share.

So income inequality has a pernicious effect on Social Security solvency unless we take steps to address both income inequality and Social Security solvency, which I contend my bill would do.