How do we modernize the benefit so that a $10-, $11-, $12-an-hour worker... meets their needs?

I am for that, but again, I want to make sure we protect those at the low-wage end who, again, have worked in blue-collar jobs their whole life, maybe cannot work past 62.

That is why we should consider proposals to expand Social Security.

I think surely the great majority of the public understands the concept of social insurance.

Today, we remember an event that occurred 25 years ago, but that continues to resonate in so many ways.

I recall the optimism of that moment and how it was crushed when the troops and the tanks rolled in.

I was inspired and moved by the courage in their pursuit of those fundamental freedoms...

In my view, opportunities were missed after Tiananmen.

Twenty-five years ago, millions of people across China--not just in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, but across China--rallied in support of democracy, human rights, and an end to corruption.

Millions of people across China... rallied in support of democracy and human rights and an end to corruption.

Today, we assess what the last 25 years have meant and what our policy toward China should be going forward.

Like many Americans at the time, I was inspired and moved by their courage and their pursuit of those fundamental freedoms--freedoms that we hold dear--and at times--take for granted.

I rise today to urge my colleagues to pass the tax extenders package that the Senate Finance Committee put forward which would reinstate a number of tax provisions to help with job creation and to especially help homeowners and workers get…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Blumenthal). Without objection, it is so ordered. EXPIRE Act

We have a moral obligation to take care of our veterans.

This Congress has been falling short of its obligations to care for our veterans when they return.

I applaud this Administration for its continued commitment to providing funding for veterans.

Three months is too long when it comes to honoring our veterans.

It is important that when you make these statements, if it undermines Social Security as a public social insurance program, if your comments do that, you are doing it as a member of this Advisory Board.

I applaud the efforts of Senator Franken and Senators Durbin and Warren and Jack Reed, who will speak after me, for their efforts on dealing with the terrible burden of debt that far too many young people in this country face. We know it…

But I also know we know how to fix these things.

I am concerned about this Board, really since the attempts at privatization of Social Security in the middle part of the last decade.

I appreciate your work on this issue.

So often a husband and wife work at the same place, a small plant. If a plant like that closes... the whole family income is lost.

OPIC does provide insurance for expropriation, so that flag is often raised, I think, a bit less than necessary.