Tom Harkin actually said...

I hope this committee will recognize that the retirement income deficit we are leaving for the Gen Xers is at least as serious as the burden...

I am going to count on Senator Sanders to be one of our lead persons in our hearings going into next year.

Each year of raising the retirement age is a 6.5 percent cut in benefits that are already very modest.

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