07/13/2021
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"Here is how I see it: Social Security and Medicare are contracts that we make with each other."
"government should invest in our seniors. And that starts with making sure that the Social Security Administration offices are fully funded."
"So, Mr. Borland, despite years of underfunding, Senate appropriators have proposed a more than $400 million cut to the Social Security Administration budget for this year."
"I believe, though, we need to look beyond the bare minimum and to stop lurching from crisis to crisis just to try to keep the lights on."