Bob Menendez: “all year Democrats have been trying to save Social Security, and all year Republicans have been trying to raid it. The…”

“all year Democrats have been trying to save Social Security, and all year Republicans have been trying to raid it. The proof is in our budgets. The Republican-passed budget did not include any provision to protect the surplus for Social Security. The Democratic budget provided a rock-solid guarantee. True to form, today Republicans are offering $200 billion in tax cuts paid for out of the budget surplus. Now, I support most of these tax cuts, but the money Republicans are using to pay for them belongs to our Nation's seniors and working families. They put it there. The surplus would not even exist if it were not for the Social Security Trust Fund. The conservative action would be not to spend what we do not have in the bank. We should take care of the commitment and the contract we already made with our seniors in Social Security before we pay for new promises using their money. It is easy to go out and tell seniors you are on their side. That vote will prove who really is and who really is not. And, believe me, the voters are watching.”