John Larson: “I want to point out to Speaker Johnson that he has 158,000 Social Security recipients in his district, and in Louisiana…”

“I want to point out to Speaker Johnson that he has 158,000 Social Security recipients in his district, and in Louisiana, they receive $233 million in monthly benefits. Think about what that does for economic development for those people. Where do they spend that money? Linda Sanchez knows this. Linda Sanchez, who also serves on the Ways and Means Committee and on the subcommittee, understands how vitally important this is and also that more than 5 million of our Americans receive below-poverty-level checks from Social Security after having paid into the system all of their lives. The majority of them happen to be women, and the majority of them are women of color. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Sanchez).”