Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I want to take a moment to talk about a piece of legislation that a number of us have filed. There will be several Senators speaking here later this afternoon about the Seniors And Veterans Emergency Benefits Act. It is a very important piece of legislation to help millions of Americans who depend on Social Security benefits to make ends meet. I want to emphasize that point. Much of the American population does not realize that there are senior citizens whose sole existence depends on the check they get from Social Security. Unfortunately, we have seniors who are facing the situation that the price of food or some of their medicine unexpectedly goes up. How could this be, in America in the year 2015? But it happens among some of our senior citizens. In the last Congress I had the privilege of chairing the Special Committee on Aging. We held a number of hearings on this issue. It will break your heart, but that is going on today. To add a little more drama and heartache to this, in October the Social Security Administration announced that for the third time in the past 40 years, there will not be a cost-of-living adjustment for 2016. That is under a formula, and it is legal. Since 1975, the cost-of- living adjustment has ensured that the purchasing power of the Social Security benefits stays the same, regardless of rising prices or inflation.…”