"By passing this bill, we can take the first step in boosting the retirement income of millions of seniors in Nebraska and across this country."
"I ran a business for 37 years, and if we ever had any kind of irregularities that would have been in the category of what you hear here--somebody gets fired."
"We would like your office to get back to kind of categorize to the best of your ability to do it, how much fraud would be a part of Social Security."
"We have never in the history of the country raised more than roughly 18 percent of our GDP in Federal revenues."
"Given the fact that we have got 50 years of data that this place can't pay for more than 18 percent of itself, of the GDP, and we are currently at 25 percent, what kind of confidence does that give yo..."
"Government, you know, where it has gone to. It has got to get back down into where people for basic questions in any government agency don't have to hang on to the phone more than a few minutes at the..."
"Social Security is a vital program for all Americans. We need to be good stewards of its services and benefits."
"I am a proponent of high wages and good benefits."
"Do you think a balanced budget amendment or statute would be helpful to keep both sides of the aisle in a place where they'd have to do that simple thing so that we don't borrow from our kids and gran..."
"I think we're headed in a direction that we've never been there before in the history of our country."
"I think a lot of the things you talked about are in jeopardy because we just cannot, over time, when the facts and figures say we've never generated more than 17.5 to 18 percent of our GDP in federal ..."
"I've not had a premium increase for my employees in over 15 years. That's unheard of, but it was so simple to do."