Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I have the greatest of regard for my two colleagues from the State of Maryland, and I respect their passion for this nominee, but I rise to support delaying the advancement of Carolyn Colvin for the Social Security Administration, and I wish to explain why. In fact, my reasons somewhat address some of the reasons for my urgency. I interviewed Carolyn Colvin on July 29 as a nominee to come before the Finance Committee in my office, as I do with every nominee who will talk to me. It was 2 days after the 2014 trustee's report of the Social Security Administration--a report that talked about the disability trust fund being in danger by 2016 and Social Security being in danger in 22 years. I asked her questions about what she would recommend to us to fix the unfunded mandates that would be coming up with Social Security. Her answers were at best glib and at worst nonexistent. I was one of the two votes against her nomination that Senator Cardin referred to in the committee because I didn't feel I got the kind of passionate answer I needed from her as someone who was going to run the Social Security Administration. Subsequent to that vote, and before today's debate, the issue came up arising from the disability technology problem and the investigation that is taking place at the Social Security Administration. I recognize this implementation took place before she was in the position she is now in, but she is in a position of responsibility at the Administration.…”