"I think sustainability and solvency are the key words here to restore trust in the American people."
"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."
"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 y..."
"I would just say that--and Secretary Lew, thank you so much for your service to the country in two administrations."
"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."
"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 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."
"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."