Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I have no further speakers, and I yield myself the balance of my time to close. I think you gave a very impassioned plea, but I think we have to dispense with we are throwing money at the problem. This is money that people have paid weekly, biweekly, and monthly out of their paychecks. We are not talking about just 2 million people with regard to WEP. We are talking about 70 million Americans. They understand this program. Frankly, it doesn't need to be studied. It needs to be voted on. Where is the plan on your side? We have a plan, and God only knows that plan should be subject to debate and discussion, but the plan is to enhance Social Security, not to cut it, so that people who are currently struggling, people now, today, not waiting for a study, but as we speak are getting below poverty-level checks. You stand there and tell me we are throwing money at them? They didn't think it was throwing money when we were paying the money out of their paycheck and they put their trust and confidence in the United States of America to return to them a benefit that has been the number one antipoverty program for the country. I don't care what party you are in or who you are, you understand what Social Security has meant to you. Social Security is the safety net for capitalism. It is what allows entrepreneurialism to succeed, for people to take risks, and if they fail unintentionally or otherwise, people are disadvantaged or out of work, they are protected.…”