I just want to make it clear that my door is open.

the question for the Congress and for the Senate is do we want to take the steps that the Chairman outlined

That is unacceptable that we would be in that position.

Is it smarter for us to fix that now and have 11 years in which we boost the Trust Fund?

The American people do not want to see that happen to the Social Security guarantee.

So is that basic structure that he accurately described, is that a flaw or is that a future?

We want to derail this ill-advised House proposal to not make things worse.

The American people do not want to see that happen to the Social Security guarantee.

I said everybody has got to pay their fair share. No special exemptions for billionaires.

Social Security is only part of the structure in which we help with retirement, and more affluent Americans benefit enormously from tax-sheltered retirements.

If Republicans want to come up with a proposal that restores solvency while avoiding benefit cuts, as the standing ovation at the State of the Union promised, Democrats are all ears.

I just want to make it clear that my door is open.

We want to work in a bipartisan way on both of the big issues of our time.

I encourage all of us to actually act now, rather than waiting.

Social Security is only part of the structure in which we help with retirement, and more affluent Americans benefit enormously from tax-sheltered retirements.

We Democrats know that the ultra-wealthy are avoiding nearly $2 trillion in taxes every ten years.

If Republicans want to come up with a proposal that restores solvency while avoiding benefit cuts, as the standing ovation at the State of the Union promised, Democrats are all ears.

the number one issue in the confirmation hearings for the Commissioner was this overpayment question.