[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 109 (Thursday, July 22, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H5925]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            SOCIAL SECURITY

  (Mr. BUTTERFIELD asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BUTTERFIELD. Mr. Speaker, in 1935, President Roosevelt and a 
Democratic Congress envisioned and passed a safety net for senior 
citizens and the disabled. We call it Social Security. It has worked 
well, and I cannot imagine what we would be as a Nation without it.
  The cash flows of the fund will see a deficit in just a few years 
because of the aging of the baby boom generation. We will fix this 
problem, and hopefully, our Republican colleagues will work with us for 
a bipartisan solution.
  In December, I'm confident that the President's fiscal commission 
will present well-conceived ideas. We must use their recommendations to 
develop a bipartisan solution to protect Social Security. When those 
recommendations are presented, bipartisanship must prevail. 
Partisanship must take a hike.
  I am committed to doing my part and look forward to the commission's 
report.

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