Tom Harkin actually said...

"Congress and the Obama administration will make matters worse for most Americans if they raise the Social Security retirement age."

"Do you think giving workers that kind of information would, No. 1, encourage retirement savings?"

"The goal is, or ought to be, to preserve full benefits and to maximize the retirement income of the tens of millions of households that depend on Social Security."

"You should both be commended for introducing S. Res. 664, your Sense of the Senate Resolution opposing any benefit cuts."