On the recordMarch 18, 2013
Thank you, Congresswoman. As you indicated, in addition to the CBC alternative budget, which focuses on the jobs--maintaining the jobs we have and creating new jobs--the CBC budget also preserves and protects Social Security and Medicare. It rejects the idea of voucherizing care for those who have paid into these programs their entire lives. Instead, it strengthens these programs to guarantee a safe and secure retirement for our parents and our grandparents as well as for the generation to come, which is something that you and other members of the Congressional Black Caucus have fought for for many years in this body.
