Xavier Becerra actually said...

"Let's remember, the number of people that have been paying into and are now beginning to collect their benefits because they paid into it is not shrinking, it is growing."

"Let's remember, even before the budget cuts, Social Security was extremely efficient, spending something around a penny, actually less than a penny on program administration for every dollar it spends..."

"And so we have got to deal with the fact that we need the capacity to deal with more folks quickly and accurately so we don't pay out benefits to people who don't deserve them and we don't delay benef..."

"Social Security currently has about a $2.7 trillion surplus."