Orrin Hatch: “I was just explaining that we just fixed the disability insurance fund last year. I wish to also point out that the last…”

“I was just explaining that we just fixed the disability insurance fund last year. I wish to also point out that the last time I recall anybody talking about the privatization of Social Security was President Clinton. The last time I heard, he was a Democrat. All I am saying is this: I don't know anybody on our side who is advocating right now that we should privatize Social Security. I think everybody is advocating that we should shore it up and somehow or another strengthen it. I am one of those people. Yet we have a number of Senators here alleging that one of the six trustees--it is so out of line to say that--has all the evidence to sign off on a report that Social Security needs some help, and they are saying that this man, who happens to be the only Republican on the board of trustees, is trying to push a privatization schedule. That is all I am bringing up. I can say that I have heard Democrats talk about privatization as well. It is one of the subjects that I suppose has to come up in conjunction with this: Are we going to save Social Security? Will we do what is necessary here? Are we just going to keep talking about it like we do year after year? Are we going to allow one side to continue to distort what Social Security is all about? And are we going to do it to the detriment of every Republican in this body who feels completely otherwise? That is what I am talking about.…”