[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 114 (Friday, July 30, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H6462]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            SOCIAL SECURITY

  (Ms. EDWARDS of Maryland asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. EDWARDS of Maryland. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to join all of 
America in celebrating 75 years of a bedrock promise to our seniors, to 
our retirees, of Social Security. That's right, 75 years of Social 
Security, a promise from one generation to the next generation.
  In this country, 6 in 10 seniors rely on Social Security for more 
than half of their income. Over 6 million children, nearly 1 in 10, 
receive part of their income from Social Security.
  I was one of those young people when my father was disabled. I and my 
siblings received Social Security to help us continue to support our 
family in a real time of need. It really is one promise from one 
generation to the next.
  Now, there are some on the other side of the aisle who want to 
privatize Social Security. They would put Social Security into the 
stock market, and maybe we would face a year like we have faced in the 
last couple of years, and retirees would lose a third or more of their 
income.
  But that's not the promise that we make from one generation to 
another. So this summer I and my colleagues are going to be talking 
about Social Security. I will be doing it this weekend at a senior 
forum out in Prince George's County, Maryland. A promise from one 
generation to the next generation, it's a promise that Democrats plan 
to honor. It's a promise that we make to the American people, and we 
will keep that promise no matter what our Republican colleagues try to 
do.

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