"Social Security is key to economic security. It is not just retirement; it is disability and it is life insurance."
"I view Medicare and Social Security as great American success stories, lifting a generation of people out of poverty."
"Senator Stabenow's Excellence in Mental Health Act is key to identifying those 'right supports' and is, in my view, one of the most important legislative initiatives addressing mental health since the..."
"We have yet to fully implement the vision of the law that was enacted in 1963."
"I share your concern about this issue and have written a letter, as well, expressing concern about this policy."
"if there is one technology that looks like it will work to begin to deploy that."
"the fish are not waiting for us, as you know."
"We are very concerned. We have a bipartisan Great Lakes Task Force, as you know, in the Senate as well as the House."
"over 20 million people have received health-care coverage because of the Affordable Care Act, literally saving people's lives"
"the un-insurance rate is the lowest it has ever been, and Medicaid expansion has resulted in literally millions of our most vulnerable families receiving the care that they deserve"
"If pensions are going to be cut, then those people's salaries and benefits should be cut as well."