I point out also that there has been historically--and I know the Senator from New York is aware of this--a distinction between the SSI program and the disability insurance program. The reasoning or rationale behind it, as I understand it, is that those who are on SSI may not have contributed enough into the Social Security trust fund as such, or at all.
Discussing the differences between the SSI program and disability insurance during a floor speech.
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