Kendrick Meek: “There is no money. And I can tell the gentleman from Ohio right now, from what the gentleman has just said, and it is…”

“There is no money. And I can tell the gentleman from Ohio right now, from what the gentleman has just said, and it is not just the gentleman from Ohio's (Mr. Ryan) report. That is from the Congressional Budget Office of this House of Representatives that put forth the kind of information that we need here in Congress, that we need to share with the American people and the Members of this Congress. I think it is also important to understand that, yes, we do want to work on Social Security and strengthen Social Security on this side of the aisle, but we will not buy into the rhetoric of a crisis. I would say to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Ryan), a crisis, in my opinion, is what we are in on the deficit. We are at a crisis level when it comes down to the deficit. Highest deficit in the history of the Republic. You want to know what a crisis is? And I hope that we continue to share this with our colleagues. A crisis is that family right now that is a part of the 46 million American families that are working that do not have health insurance. That is a crisis. A crisis is the fact that small businesses cannot provide health care insurance for their employees. Many businesses are telling their employees you can get a better plan if you apply for Medicaid. That is a crisis. Furthermore, if you want to talk about a crisis, a crisis is families trying to put gas in their tank.…”