I think we can all agree we have to do something and we need to do it now.
Whatever solution we do come up with for at least this generation of reforms to Social Security must be bipartisan or nothing will get done.
We can't kick the can down the road, and it is just going to get worse if we do.
If there were ever two congenial, patriotic, and practical people who could get it done in a partnership that was bipartisan, it is going to...
We have a 50-year low in unemployment. That is powerful.
So we don't want to go backward. We have five out of eight people living paycheck to paycheck.
If it is not, I don't see us getting anywhere.
Wages and income have grown. They have grown almost 3½ percent.
We can't grow out of this, like we can't grow out of the $22 trillion in debt.
The WEP, the Windfall Elimination Provision, has affected my State as much as any.
It is mind-boggling for the American people to do the math on $22 trillion and, in 10 years, $33 trillion.