Political Quotes

“Before I leave, I would just like to thank the gentleman for leading this discussion tonight. We really now are at the threshold of putting in place a real plan to ensure that future generations will not have to increase taxes to maintain the Social Security benefit levels, and we will not have to reduce benefits for seniors. As we are getting the surplus and getting to balance, we really have the opportunity to start addressing this, and I think this Congress has laid the framework for it and we are going to move forward on this debate and I think come up with some real positive solutions. The gentleman has been instrumental in doing two things: Instrumental in getting us a surplus and instrumental in getting us and keeping us focused on what we need to do to ensure the long-term life of Social Security. I thank the gentleman for the time that he has shared with me tonight.”