Robert Casey actually said...

I want to thank Senator Brown for calling the hearing and for the work that he and Senator Toomey did to bring this hearing about.

For senior non-married women, the poverty rate is 16.3 percent by the official measure, with another 11 percent near-poor.

It is just stunning, the hammer blows that the middle class has endured--and the folks who are just below the middle class.

In Pennsylvania, Social Security benefits supported 470,442 jobs, $70.9 billion in output, and $4 billion in State and local tax revenues.