[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 107 (Tuesday, July 20, 2010)]
[House]
[Pages H5730-H5731]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   KEEP SOCIAL SECURITY THE WAY IT IS

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the supplemental that this 
leadership passed was to create jobs, and I hope that the bill that 
comes from the Senate will embrace the need for American jobs.
  In Ohio, the home of our minority leader, there is a 10.5 percent 
unemployment. Can anyone explain to me why the Republicans continue to 
obstruct the extension of unemployment

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benefits, benefits that will benefit those who work and who have worked 
and who need to pay their mortgages and provide food on the table? We 
need to extend unemployment benefits for unemployed Americans now.
  Again, we have another story. Here is a story of privatizing Social 
Security or extending the age before receiving Social Security. I 
remember the fight. I was here on the floor of the House when seniors 
were calling our phone lines and saying don't privatize Social 
Security. Thank goodness for the wisdom of our seniors. If we had 
privatized Social Security, it would have collapsed in the abysmal 
disgrace of Wall Street--no money. But Social Security has been paying 
on a faithful basis now for decades.
  We know that 72 percent of the American public don't want us to raise 
the age to be eligible for Social Security, but yet the minority leader 
wants to raise it so he can pay for the Iraq and Afghan war. Bring the 
soldiers home. Recognize that 36 million families are in need of Social 
Security. Seniors are in need of Social Security. Keep our Social 
Security the way it is--strong and solvent.

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