Sean Patrick Maloney: “I was home during the snowstorm watching Meet the Press, when the chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, the…”

“I was home during the snowstorm watching Meet the Press, when the chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, the gentleman from California (Mr. Thomas), suggested that we reduce women's benefits because they live longer than men. I truly almost fell out of my chair. I could not believe it. And many of the sentiments that the gentleman has expressed on the floor were in Paul Krugman's op-ed piece on January 28 that showed how the program is particularly harmful to minorities. One of the things we need to work on is improved health care and medicine and hospital care for minorities so they live longer, not manipulating the Social Security System in a way that does not help minorities, women or men or anyone.”