The Older Americans Act provides Federal funding for many essential services for our Nation's seniors.

In my view, both from a moral and from an economic perspective, we cannot turn our backs on the millions and millions of seniors who are hurting and who desperately need our help today.

we pay ten times more for the same products that people in other countries pay.

as Senator Sanders likes to say, Meals on Wheels for an entire year for the equivalent of roughly 1 day in the hospital or 10 days in a nursing home.

The Older Americans Act: Supporting Efforts to Meet the Needs of Seniors.

the system is completely broken.

What would increase funding for the Older Americans Act mean in terms of keeping seniors well nourished, keeping them in better mental health?

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these are not insignificant steps forward.

workers are 15 times more likely to save for retirement if they do so via payroll deduction and 20 times more likely to save if access to a workplace retirement plan is automatic.

If corporations choose not to offer a retirement plan, they must give workers the option of contributing to a Federal pension plan.