On the recordMarch 26, 2015
Mr. President, more than ever, our seniors depend on safety and reliability of Social Security. For 15 million seniors, Social Security is the only thing that stands between them and poverty. For too long in Washington, Social Security has been under assault. Republicans have long argued that we have to gut the program to save it. Well, they are wrong. We shouldn't be talking about gutting Social Security. We should be talking about strengthening Social Security. We should be talking about protecting Social Security. We should be talking about expanding Social Security. This amendment supports those goals. We acknowledge the need to make certain the program is solvent--something that people can depend on. We reject the false choice that too many Republicans have put forward to scare our seniors into believing they must absorb drastic cuts in the benefits they depend on. And we believe when two-thirds of the seniors---- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Scott). The Senator's time has expired.
