John Larson

No one is saying don't feed your children. Come on.

Without Social Security, the senior poverty rate would be nearly 40 percent, but because of Social Security, the senior poverty rate is less than 10 percent.

They are tired of the rhetoric, they are tired of people going to their separate corners and digging in and not getting anything done. That simply cannot stand anymore.

Our seniors are not a burden. They have been an inspiration.

If we were to let the 25 percent reduction happen in 2034... it could cost the economy about 2.3 million jobs.

Nobody's getting rich off of Social Security. They are using these benefits to pay for essentials.

Social Security is not an entitlement. It is the insurance that people have paid for.

We have a responsibility to act and strengthen the program. Not to act, to do nothing is not an alternative here.

What I see in this group here, the people on this dais, is a group that is prepared to roll up their sleeves and get after a solution to a problem that we all know exists.

What a great debt of gratitude that we owe to Sam Johnson.

Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Larson announced today that the Subcommittee is beginning a hearing series on 'Protecting and Improving Social Security.'

We all--I think you can sense up here the bipartisan nature of our concern, as it relates to China.

I think you can sense up here the bipartisan nature of our concern, as it relates to China.

I hope to give you as much time as we can to answer.

Thank you for holding this hearing.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And let me start by commending the excellent witnesses that we have.

What a great thing. A colleague of ours here, Brian Higgins, has come up with an idea, and I want to quickly ask you this.

Should it be a right? Can I see a show of hands? Should it be a right, yes? You all believe that it should be a right, as Mr. Lewis has pointed out.

What we are going to need here on this Committee is the kind of format that Mr. Neal has indicated this Committee is going to be dedicated to, and that is to have public hearings as we did during the Affordable Care Act.

This is the start of a new Congress and a commitment to have public hearings and to have them often and to go to regular order.

I would also like to thank Secretary Mnuchin again for his outstanding work, his understanding and empathy, and the prompt manner in which they have taken up what, as you can imagine for these homeowners, is just catastrophic in nature. We…

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We need to come together in a bipartisan way to strengthen privacy protections and safeguard financial security.

What we would like to ask of you is that if you could submit to us in writing--because it was very valuable to get your input.

On Friday, April 27, 2018, I missed rollcall vote 166, a Motion to Table H. Res. 856, a Privileged Resolution offered by Mr. Crowley of New York to create Select Committee to investigate the motivations and reasoning behind the forced…