Vern Buchanan: “I agree with my friend, Mr. Larson, that Social Security, I think, is one of the best programs on the planet.”

You are a big asset on the committee, and everybody knows that.

We have got to come together. The time is now.

the spending this year in 6 months for the Department of Defense is $440 billion, and the interest on the debt, I think, is $480 billion.

I became involved with this issue after being contacted by one of my constituents, Kimberly Weaver, and learning of the heartbreaking and preventable death of her son, Army Specialist Nick Panipinto.