Xavier Becerra actually said...

"The biggest impact by the tax increase caused by the chained CPI hits families who are earning somewhere between $10,000 and $20,000 because they would be pushed up into the higher brackets faster."

"It is very disturbing that the folks who are going to get hit hardest, the $230 billion that you save in the budget from moving toward a chained CPI is by impacting seniors, veterans, and middle-class..."

"The Social Security disability trust fund belongs to the workers who paid into it."

"Thank you all for your testimony and for helping us on this issue."