Mark Kelly said "This program that we say is solvent, we don't have to worry about it, in over 80 years we have built some type of a surplus, it is a paper surplus." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJune 21, 2016

This program that we say is solvent, we don't have to worry about it, in over 80 years we have built some type of a surplus, it is a paper surplus.

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Democratic · Arizona

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Expressing skepticism about the sustainability of the Social Security program.

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