Jim McDermott: “Every middle-class family in this country has put all their savings into their students' loans.”

Ambassador Tai believes we need a different approach that gives workers a seat at the table, so their perspectives and voices are incorporated into the policy that we develop.

It is not what happens in Mr. Kind's district, where about 80 percent of the people have advance directives.

I intend to carefully scrutinize ideas that may not be in the best interests of the program or the beneficiaries.

To make that a reality we have to move the conversation in Congress away from harmful ideas like privatizing the program and cutting seniors' benefits.