Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman from California for his comments. I will point out that this is a bipartisan plan, probably more correctly called nonpartisan. Why? Because Independents, Democrats, and Republicans of all ages, of all backgrounds and ethnic groups, support Social Security because it is, as President Biden indicated, a sacred trust. As Congressman Ryan pointed out, whether you are in a rural area or an urban area, whether you are on the coast or in the Great Plains of this country, you are impacted by Social Security. This is about your mother and father. It is about your brothers and sisters. {time} 1530 It is what I call the great mirror test. If you can look your constituents in the eye--and we have provided every Member of Congress with a card that says: How many of your constituents receive Social Security? It is Congress' responsibility. This is not something that can happen through executive order. This is not something that the Supreme Court is going to rule on. This is only something that Congress can do. We are blessed in the House that we have a great leader in Nancy Pelosi. It was Nancy Pelosi, back in 2005 that led the charge that was ``Horatius at the bridge,'' so to speak, to prevent the privatization of Social Security, and we were successful. Thank God we were, for had that plan succeeded, 2008 and 2009 would have been far more disastrous.…”