Andy Biggs

The Social Security 2100 Act is more than 100 percent tax increases.

This is, by far, the biggest threat to retirement security, and should be addressed as promptly as possible.

I favor making automatic enrollment universal, at least for employees earning above the poverty line.

If Congress needs to do something, I hope that your team will let us know what we can do legislatively to support that.

I looked at it, and I said, 'Wow.' I mean, I am just a low tech Member of Congress and I could tell that those had been photoshopped in.

I met recently with a retailer that has a household name, and one of the things they do is they create in-house brands and trademarks.

First of all, I ask unanimous consent to include in the record a list of political violence perpetrated or promoted by leftist organizations.

This DCP will provide certainty to Arizonans as to what their water security will look like for future generations and, indeed, for the entire Colorado River Basin states.

Sustainability in the Colorado River is critical to maintaining Arizona's rapid growth and its strong agricultural economy.

Arizona is in the 21st year of a long-term drought. However, Arizona has been able to sustain itself through this drought through implementation of successful conservation programs and robust collaboration between tribal, community…

I think it's no secret to anybody who's watched my performance on this Committee that I've been a longtime critic of the IRIS Program.

I've reintroduced this bill the current Congress, but I doubt for some reason that it'll be reported out of this Committee again anytime soon.

People said, people should pay in and would get the money back with some reasonable rate of interest.

The household Social Security income declines sharply at widowhood from between 50 percent for a couple that had equal earnings, to about a third for couples where there was just one earner.

The longer we wait, the harder it is going to be.

To keep them from falling into indigence, I guess, would be the word.

Your suggestion of off-the-record discussions, question-and-answer periods where people can reach out to each other is precisely what is needed to move a bipartisan Social Security reform bill forward.

Members have an obligation to know the program and to know the data on Americans' retirement savings and retirement incomes.

And failure is not a loss for a political party so much as a loss for the American people, who have seen Social Security's unfunded liabilities grow by the trillions while Congress has failed to act.

I thank the gentlewoman, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Biggs). The amendment was agreed to.

I think it is the most important thing we do in Congress.

It will take bipartisan sacrifice, bipartisan cooperation.

I introduced a resolution recognizing the national debt as a threat to America's national security.

Both parties need to look at reforming Social Security and Medicare to ensure these programs remain sustainable.

Democrats and Republicans are both at fault in the current fiscal state of our country.