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




                      SOCIAL SECURITY UNDER ATTACK

  (Ms. TITUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. TITUS. Mr. Speaker, for 75 years, older Americans have relied on 
the guaranteed benefit that Social Security provides. This monthly 
check provides a safety net from poverty and is a key component to a 
dignified retirement after a lifetime of work. Seniors contributed to 
Social Security. They earned it. They deserve it. They depend on it.
  As we celebrate 75 years of this outstanding program, it is once 
again under attack by Republicans who want to dismantle the system and 
spend trillions of dollars in a risky privatization scheme that gambles 
senior citizens' savings in the stock market while lining the pockets 
of Wall Street. Does that sound familiar? Well, it should. Republicans 
tried to do the same thing under the Bush administration. This 
represents yet another attempt to return to the failed policies that 
created the worst economic situation since the Great Depression.
  Well, I stand here committed to fighting back against such programs 
and protecting Social Security so that 30,000 seniors in southern 
Nevada who depend on it won't be abandoned in their golden years.

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