Political Quotes

“I wish to declare that I am introducing a bipartisan bill, with Senator Olympia Snowe, to end an unfair policy of the Social Security System. Senator Snowe and I want to introduce this bill because it deals with Social Security, retirement security, and income security. We want the middle class in the United States of America to know that we are going to give help to those who practice self-help. What is it I am talking about? We have found that Social Security does not pay for the last month of life. If someone dies May 18 or May 28, when the Social Security check arrived on June 3, the surviving spouse or family members had to send back the Social Security check. I think that is an outrage. That individual worked for Social Security, earned Social Security, put money in the Social Security trust fund. We feel that it is up to the Social Security system to allow the surviving spouse or the estate of the family to have that Social Security check for the last month of your life. This legislation has an urgency.”