Brian Higgins

I think that would be a great public service the Congressional Budget Office could provide to the United States Congress

the Federal Government is part of a public-private partnership

I am so encouraged by the direction this Congress is taking from a bipartisan perspective to push forward, quite righteously, the Social Security Fairness Act to eliminate WEP and GPO.

This is what we need.

The American economy is--we are 25 percent of the world's economy.

You need $500 million more.

We are not moving forward, we are going backwards.

It is Congress that is not fulfilling its mission to Social Security beneficiaries.

It is not only inefficient, it is awful, and it is inhumane.

You should be indignant about what Congress has done to this budget that really serves our people.

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Even inflation, which this month was at 4.1 percent, is lower than the global average of 5.2 percent.

America remains the world's richest, most dynamic, and productive economy.

Biden created 14 million jobs.

Unemployment is at a stunning low, 3.4 percent.

Biden's economy grew three times the average pace of the previous economy.

The budget deficit...has dropped to 5.5 percent at the end of last year.

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On Memorial Day, we honor veterans who paid the ultimate sacrifice to protect our country. Many veterans return home with lasting effects on their health and well-being. This Congress should honor their service by making sure they have…

May marks National Preservation Month. This year's theme is ``People Saving Places.'' This Congress can do that by supporting the Historic Tax Credit Growth and Opportunity Act. This bipartisan bill, which I introduced with Congressmen…

You know, it has long been known and long ignored that Social Security has a customer service problem.