Political Quotes

“Exactly. As both the Senator from New York and the Senator from Oregon pointed out, you get much more out of the Social Security trust fund than you put in over the years, assuming you live long enough. During that period of time you generally do very well in terms of the amount of contribution versus the amount of receipt. That is no longer the case, however, in the disability insurance fund. My understanding is that by next year that fund will be depleted and that it will require an infusion from the Social Security trust fund. So now we no longer have the argument saying, ``Well, I have contributed to it and there is no reason that the Government should insist I receive treatment for my addiction.'' What I seek to do in this amendment is to make sure that anyone who receives disability payments or payments because of a disability for drugs or alcohol has to receive treatment as the condition of receiving SSI or SSDI benefits.”