[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 22 (Wednesday, March 2, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H852]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    SOCIAL SECURITY IN THE 32ND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

  (Ms. SOLIS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. SOLIS. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to inform President Bush about 
what my constituents in the San Gabriel Valley and East Los Angeles are 
saying about Social Security.
  In my district where there are nearly 60,000 Social Security 
beneficiaries, people are very concerned about the risky privatization 
scheme. To date, my office has held 15 senior center visits, high 
school visits, parent center visits, and health care facility visits. 
Over 500 constituents have been contacted about this issue. My 
constituents at Club America and the Federation of Seniors, whose 
members reside in east Los Angeles and the San Gabriel Valley, are 
overwhelmingly opposed to privatizing Social Security. I have received 
well over 300 letters in the past 2 weeks from people who are very 
worried about their benefits. In fact, Mr. Raymundo Romero from Los 
Angeles says: ``President Bush is claiming a mandate to privatize 
Social Security. I'm writing to tell you that he has no mandate from 
me, or from most other Americans, to cut Social Security benefits or 
add to America's financial burdens in order to reward Wall Street 
backers with risky private accounts.'' And I have about 300 letters 
that say about the same thing.
  So I urge our Members of Congress to reject privatization.

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