Doris Matsui: “I rise in support of H.R. 4070, the Social Security Program Protection…”

On the recordJune 25, 2002

I rise in support of H.R. 4070, the Social Security Program Protection Act of 2002. Basically, there are three components of this legislation...if a Social Security recipient has a mental disability, is young or perhaps is of extreme old age, oftentimes that individual needs somebody to care for his or her Social Security check, whether it is a disability check or whether it is a regular Social Security check. So we have under the law what is known as representative payees.

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Doris Matsui

Democratic · California

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Discussing the Social Security Program Protection Act of 2002.

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Doris Matsui: “I rise in support of H.R. 4070, the Social Security Program Protection Act of 2002. Basically, there are three…”

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