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On the recordApril 26, 2011
Let me be very clear. Social Security has paid out every dime owed to all eligible Americans without contributing a thing to the Federal deficit or debt.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse defends Social Security's financial integrity against proposed cuts.

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