Political Quotes

“it is with true pleasure that I stand up here today to talk about a program that is so important to America, and that is our Social Security program. I come from southwest Louisiana, Cajun country, bordered on the west by the State of Texas and on the south by the Gulf of Mexico. I have in my district some 100,000 citizens and families and individuals that are receiving some sort of benefits from our Social Security program. They are the disabled, they are the retired, and they are the children who have lost a parent. The program was established back in 1935. It was established as a response to the economic changes of the Great Depression. Back then, the average life-span was only 61 years old. Today, the average life-span of Americans is 76 years old and steadily rising. History has shown that deliberate alterations of this program have been very beneficial to our great Social Security program. It is a program that is very popular. It is a program that is going to be around here. Because what it has done for the American people, what it has done for our elderly population has been incredible. We have the most healthy, the highest quality of life of elderly population, not even arguably, than anywhere else in the world. It is because of the commitment that this Congress should make and other Congresses have made to saving Social Security and taking care of it in times that are just like today that are very good.”