I think sustainability and solvency are the key words here to restore trust in the American people.

I want to thank our panelists as well for being here, but I especially want to give kudos to our chairman.

the Congress, at the end of the day, should be about the vitality of ideas, and how we interact with those ideas.

What a great hearing this has been.

I am anxious to hear from our panelists because I do think this is a great compromise.

I think one of the mistakes that we make is to refer to this as a tax instead of an insurance premium.

I think Donald Trump is doing a pretty good job of that, Mr. Chairman.

This Committee has distinguished itself in doing, and that is working in a collaborative manner across the aisle.

I have, I must say, real concerns about what we're going to do if we're going to start raising the retirement--the age of eligibility.

We need to update and modernize hospice benefits. I mean this is something that has a transformational effect.

I thank the gentlewoman from Ohio and the gentleman from New York for this opportunity to join with them this evening. I am especially proud to associate myself with the gentlewoman's remarks and all that the Congressional Black Caucus has…

During rollcall vote No. 105 on March 2, 2016 (H.R. 3716), I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.'' Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, during rollcall vote No. 105 on March 2, 2016 (H.R. 3716), I was unavoidably…

How can that be America? How can that be America? That I had someone tell me they're going to refuse their holiday bonus because they're being told by their government representative, 'You will lose your benefit.' We have to do better than…

I believe this is called the Federal Insurance Contribution Act. Is it not, in fact, a premium payment that individuals make into the Treasury?

I would just say that--and Secretary Lew, thank you so much for your service to the country in two administrations.

I think we should be talking about it here in this Committee as well, because this should be something that this Committee that has--can be remembered by.

I think that is what the American people want. They are tired of this back-and-forth.

We are heartened, clearly and always, by the standard-bearer of our party, Hillary Clinton, standing up for expanding Social Security.

You are a model of how we believe that the relationship between the executive and legislative branches should work.

If we didn't act immediately, that our entire economy was going to implode.

I commend Mr. Zeldin for his leadership on this issue.

The stories of spoiled food shipments, loss of jobs, and bureaucratic indifferences embody the arrogance of an agency gone wild.

On January 8, 2016, I was not present for rollcall votes 23 through 33. If I had been present for these votes, I would have voted: ``aye'' on rollcall vote 23, ``aye'' on rollcall vote 24, ``aye'' on rollcall vote 25, ``aye'' on rollcall…

I was not present for rollcall vote 674. If I had been present for this vote, I would have voted: ``nay'' on rollcall vote No. 674.

May I inquire how much time I have. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman has 25 minutes remaining.