Political Quotes

“I ask unanimous consent the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To establish a point of order against any efforts to reduce benefits paid to Social Security recipients, raise the retirement age, or create private retirement accounts under title II of the Social Security Act) At the end, add the following: TITLE VI--SOCIAL SECURITY PROTECTION ACT SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE. This title may be cited as the ``Social Security Protection Act of 2011''. SEC. 602. FINDINGS. Congress makes the following findings: (1) Social Security is the most successful and reliable social program in our Nation's history. (2) For 75 years, through good times and bad, Social Security has reliably kept millions of senior citizens, individuals with disabilities, and children out of poverty. (3) Before President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law on August 14, 1935, approximately half of the senior citizens in the United States lived in poverty; less than 10 percent of seniors live in poverty today. (4) Social Security has succeeded in protecting working Americans and their families from devastating drops in household income due to lost wages resulting from retirement, disability, or the death of a spouse or parent.…”