"We build; we don't tear down in America."
"Americans support Social Security. They have earned it through their weekly payroll contributions."
"Social Security has never contributed a penny to our current deficit or to our national debt."
"the buck has to stop somewhere."
"the handling of those tax-exempt applications in that process at the IRS was outrageous and intolerable."
"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..."
"What is the result? Well, Social Security at some point had to give."
"Mr. Chairman, there are consequences in not funding Social Security properly."
"As I said, it is budget cuts, budget cuts that have left the Social Security Administration without enough resources to serve the public the way Social Security should and the way Americans want the p..."
"And I think, Mr. Bertoni, in your, I think, if I am looking at your testimony, your written testimony, you point out that, in a chart, back in 2002 there were 50.8 million, about 51 million Americans ..."