On the recordJune 30, 2010
I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, my objection about Mr. Boehner's statements with regard to Social Security was that he wanted to take the money from Social Security and pay for the war. Not put it into a Social Security trust fund, not to shore-up Social Security. That's what bothers me, is their continued determination to undermine the Social Security system. Mr. Boehner said in his interview that we should raise the retirement age to 70, take their money, and put it towards the war. For 8 years, they abdicated their responsibility to pay for the war. Now they want to pay for it on the backs of senior citizens. That's what I object to. That's what I object to. And the other thing, Mr. Speaker, is that we hear time and time again, Well, we all want to deal with the excesses in Wall Street. We all want to do this; we all want to do that. But when it comes time to do anything meaningful, they are missing in action. So this is an opportunity for us to get something done, and I urge my colleague to support the bill. At this time I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Linda T. Sanchez).
