But in America, at least the America I know and love, we can rise to this challenge.

So I ask you, where shall we start as we think about how to address Social Security's challenges in the future?

At this hearing we will carefully examine the impacts of bipartisan proposals to adjust benefits for future beneficiaries.

That to me is discouraging, and that is certainly not the America I grew up in.

The vast majority of Americans are there.

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U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson (R-TX), Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security, today announced the third in a series of hearings on the President's and other bipartisan entitlement reform proposals.

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Today, nearly 10,000 Americans sign up for retirement benefits every day. The recession coupled with a slow economic recovery has resulted in a wave of new disability claims, increased backlogs and growing wait times for a frustrated…

I hope at some point soon, Mr. Chairman, we will finally have a hearing in this committee with jurisdiction on the issue of the Social Security Administration's budget which has been cut to the point where American citizens and those who…

We need to make sure that we all face the challenges that Social Security will encounter together.